Book 7 and its outcomes
Harry potter book 7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in book 6 finally tied together quite a few plot strands from the first five Harry Potter books.
JK Rowling has made it clear that the 7th book in the series will be the final adventure for Harry and the Hogwarts crew, and that the book will bring more deaths. She has also said that we will learn more about Harry’s parent’s, James and Lily. We know there will be a wedding, although we do hope that it doesn’t turn out as bad as the World Cup of Quidditch!
The final chapter in the adventures of the boy wizard is written. JKR told interviewers at the end of June, 2006, “The last book is not finished. But I’m well into it now. I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I’ve known exactly how the series is going to end.”
While fans still have a long wait before the book is released, there are more than a few hints and rumors about what the future holds for Harry.
In an interview broadcast in June 2006 on Britain’s Channel 4, Rowling said that two characters had been killed off in the last book, “One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn’t intend to die.”
She added, “I’ve never been tempted to kill him (Harry) off before the end of book seven, because I always planned seven books and that’s where I want to go.”
“I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks ‘Well, I’m going to kill them off because that means there can be no non-author-written sequels … so it will end with me, and after I’m dead and gone they won’t be able to bring back the character’.”
Jo commented in another interview when asked if book seven would be shorter than book five, “No, I think that [book seven] will be long because I won’t want to let go. I’ll just keep writing…I dread leaving Harry… ”
Which really makes it seem that Harry does survive book seven…or maybe not…
Can it really be true that the world will have to wait until 2007 before finding out how this all turns out?
There is a rumor about the release date of 07/07/07 for book 7 going around that sounds very well thought out. The speculation is that it would be the perfect for date for the last Harry Potter book to hit the bookstores. It may not be true as there has not been any official word, but it sounds very convincing!
For now, the book’s secrets are still safe in the author’s imagination, where they belong. Still, fans can’t help but start to speculate on what the next book will reveal.
There is a list of rumors on JK Rowling’s site that you may want to check. She’s added a bit about Book 7 to the welcome page as well. “For 2006 will be the year when I write the final book in the Harry Potter series. I contemplate the task with mingled feelings of excitement and dread, because I can’t wait to get started, to tell the final part of the story and, at last, to answer all the questions (will I ever answer all of the questions? Let’s aim for most of the questions); and yet it will all be over at last and I can’t quite imagine life without Harry.”
At an appearance in New York in August, 2006 Jo added some more hints…
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who was murdered in Half-Blood Prince, has an important role in the final book – even though he is dead…
Severus Snape (played by Alan Rickman in the Harry Potter films) is actually a good character.
Harry’s aunt, Petunia Dursley, will have a very important part in the final book.
Not said at the reading, but strongly implied… Harry, Ron and Hermione will survive book seven.
Rowling is still thinking up the title for the final book.
Stephen King, reading from his work at the same New York benefit, asked whether Harry Potter’s rival Draco Malfoy would be redeemed. Rawling answered that all her charactersexcept Lord Voldemort, “appear redeemable” and that Harry firmly believed that Draco Malfoy was not evil.
JKR added that book seven will explain the deep connection between a wizard and his wand.
The is a rumor that Harry may die in book 7…An article in the UK’s Mirror reveals, “Actor Jim Dale – the voice of the teenage wizard in the US audio books – believes the seventh and final installment will spell the end for Harry.” Yet Jo seemed to nix that idea when answering questions in New York.