Thursday, July 05, 2007

What Does It All Mean?

Scholastic released its seventh and final question leading up to the release of Deathly Hallows. The last question is about the title: what are the deathly hallows? But don't get your hopes up - no spoilers here. The question is simply about what part of the book will reveal the answer to the question:

* The beginning
* The middle
* The end

Looking back at old titles, the second part of the title tends to become clear fairly early in the book with the exceptions of Sorcerer's Stone and Goblet of Fire, which both come closer to the middle. Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix are introduced in the opening chapters, and Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince are both revealed at the beginning of the school year. Perhaps she's throwing us a curveball with this one, but I suspect the deathly hallows will, in some part, be defined for us early in the book. After all, we don't have much room left to work, so if it's that important, we'd better find out right away.

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