Albus Dumbledore came back from the dead, sort of, and it turned out that Snape, the villain of several volumes, had been a good guy the whole time. Harry and Ginny married, as did Ron and Hermione, and they all had armies of kids, who marched off to Hogwarts in keeping with the traditions of their class. And, of course, they all lived happily ever after, or at least for nineteen years, which is where the epilogue leaves us.
Here's what I'm wondering:
1. In the end, Hogwarts students and faculty defeated Voldemort and his army of Death Eaters. Does J.K. Rowling, a former Amnesty International employee (and reportedly an old University of Exeter Trotskyite) really consider academia the revoluationary class?
2. About the goblins, who are bankers, and jewelers, and apparently believe that all wealth in the world rightfully belongs to them: Are they supposed to be Jews, or what? Which is not to say they are, but they resemble the stereotype at least as much as Watto from the last three Star Wars.
On 7/22/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Ok, so what happened with Harry Potter? A friend reports that he was
> gang-raped by dwarves, but achieved some sort of philosophical uplift
> from the experience, but I'm guessing this is a fabrication? Did the
> little hellspawn die or what? Google is offering no help.
>
> My sister-in-law told me that Harvard Sq was closed off on Friday
> night for the HP release nonsense, and it was filled with people in
> costume. I also hear that hipster Brooklyn is overrun with people
> wearing capes & glasses reading that doorstop of a book. What's up
> with this anyway?
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