J K Rowling Likes Potter Fan's Theory That Dumbledore Is Death

By R. Siva Kumar - 23 Aug '15 18:09PM
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"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure," according to experts who appreciate J K Rowling's stories.

Even as fans discuss Harry Potter endlessly, J.K. Rowling's favourite theory is the wizarding fairy tale of the Three Brothers who get rewards for cheating Death: the unbeatable Elder Wand; the Resurrection Stone that brings people back from the dead; and the Invisibility Cloak, which conceals its user, according to time.

All the three items are referred to as deathly items in her last book., 'The Deathy Hallows'.

The eldest brother is Voldemort, murdered in his bed by the seeker of the Elder Wand. Snape is the middle brother, driven to suicide after living out the dream for the girl "he had once hoped to marry, before her untimely Death."

Harry is the youngest one. He runs from death before he greets "Death as an old friend".

Dumbledore, though, is seen as death, by a Tumblr post. "He greeted Harry at King's Cross and was the one behind Snape and Voldemort's death....He's the one who gave Harry the invisibility cloak too...And he had the stone and the wand too."

Comic Book says that Rowling has given a certain amount of approval to the fan's interpretation of her book. The writer is impressed and has tweeted:

"Dumbledore as death. It's a beautiful theory and it fits."

Her whole series of seven books is directed on "death as the next great adventure."

Even on his tombstone is written: "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." Earlier, Rowling had explained that the Biblical verse was a passage from I Corinthians,"in which Paul discusses Jesus' Resurrection, was the theme for the entire series."

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