Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows: Voldy Got Moldy…

Itz aiight. Bitch iz now a world renound wurd andthe youngest of kidz r saying it theze dayz. I know Tonkz,Fred, Lupin, Voldy, and Colin Creevey ( da kid who waz obsezzed w/ Harry) died. Now of ur reading diz, letz have a moment of silence 4 them.

Just a few things I want to comment on.
Unless you’ve never had the fortune of knowing your parents, and then you have a family of your own, its ridiculous and judgmental to think its “disturbing” to name your children after your parents. Without getting too personal, I know where Harry’s character was coming from.
And as for the names Albus and Severus…it’s the least he and Ginny could do, considereing those were probably the two men who did the most to keep Harry alive.
And maybe by now you will have discovered that George Weasley named his first son after his dead twin.
Bitch. It’s a word. Get over it. Who cares if its demeaning to women? Its not like JKR is on some campaign promoting the world-wide usage of the word and telling parents it should be the first thing out of their toddlers’ mouths. Given what was going on in the scene, I thought Molly’s language was quite reserved.
Just because this book didnt have “bad” things happen, doesnt mean that it was a children’s book. It was not. The themes in the book and the thought processes along with them were not the same as we saw in the Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone. I would never let my preteen read this book, but maybe that is just the bitch in me.

Yes, it is a common word. But using it in semi-children’s literature… was interesting, especially as the word is probably demeaning to women in general. The word hoever fits well the contest.
Oh yes, and I learned one thing too. You should never laugh during a wand fight, you would better spend the time repeating - avada kedavra…

But still thanks for the rest of the article!!!! It was a good one!!! BUT…i also don’t agree with the part a bout the 6th Harry Potter book!!!! I loved it!!!! But that’s just me!!!!!!

- Maria (Again)!!!!!!!!

you people r sometimes r soooo over pertective!!!! I mean come on, to me a word is a word!!! The word “bitch” fits sooooo well in the situtation!!!! If your daughter could die any second i’m sure you would call the lady killing her a bitch!!!! I still thinks it’s a children’s book because they’re aren’t that bad of things in the book!!! yeah, they use words like “bitch” but in my opinion Deathly Halllows is still a children’s book!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Heather,

Thank you for your explanation.It all makes sense now.
Would you also have any explanation on the charm that Harry Potter’s mum cast to protect him as I cannot understand how other parents in the story just watched their children die when Harry’s mum managed to save him. I thought the answer to his survival was going to be the fact that the 3 deathly hallows had somehow succeeded in reaching in craddle before Voldemort’s coming, but it looks like it is just ” a spell” from his mother that saved him. That’s simple?

Lily and James Potter knew that Lord Voldemort was looking for them. They were in hiding! And the reason they weren’t expecting voldemort and therefore not prepared for his attack (no wands and no members of the Order of Phoenix close by) was that they were under the protection of the fidelius charm. The fidelius charm prevents anyone from entering the house or discovering the subjects of the fidelius charm unless the secret keeper chooses to inform someone of their whereabouts and the charm therefore is broken (that person is able to enter the house). Peter Pettigrew (wormtail) was the Potters secret keeper and he betrayed them to Lord Voldemort but as the final book explains in the recount of Lord Voldemort’s attack, the Potters did not know of wormtail’s betrayal. I hope this clears everything up for you!

I also agree that the word “bitch” was acceptable and Harry Potter has turned from being a children’s book to a teenage/adult book as the character Harry has grown. I extremely enjoyed the final book and was highly satisfied by the way in which J.K Rowling managed to keep Harry (Ron and Hermione also) alive without it becoming a very predictable and banal ending. But was it just me or did most people find the names of Harry Potter’s children disturbing?- naming two of his children after his dead parents and one after two former headmasters of Hogwarts. Why couldn’t Harry and Ginny think of names of their own? Why didn’t poor Fred Weasley and Sirius Black get a child named after then? - Since they were very important also in Harry and Ginny’s lives.

I loved the last Harry Potter’s book and couldn’t put it down once I startes reading it, but one question remains..
How comes Harry’s parents die when Snape comes to Dumbledore to warn him and ask him to protect the family?
From the recount of Voldemort’s attack, it doesn’t look like the Potters know about him coming..” no wands, no order of the phoenix nearby to help..”. So basically Dumbledore knows what is going to happen and doesn’ t do anything to pretent it?
I find this part of the book very unclear..Any thoughts on that, please let me know..

i love this book! i did stay up all night to finish it! the word bitch was used in a sutibla [sorry for my spelling] situation

it is more like an adult book and i did stay up all night reading it but i finaly finished it yay befor my mum and dad which i am pround of.The ending aswell was very good i thought. I was suprised when i read that the word “bitch” was used but it does go with the scene and the mood that was set. The only bad thing about the book was that it is the last one but i am hoping that maybe she will do a book on what happend befor Harry was born but if she does i think she shold have a well deserved rest.Hope everyone liked HP as much as me.
Peace Out

i disagree, this is the only one that kept me up 2 nights in a row: imma slow reader too. Rowling did not bow the whole thing was planned from the start (too many supporting strings to break and edit for a fanbase that was nonexistant during the creation of the first in the series)

questions: answered by my opinion and belief only

1 snape was the good guy: held to dubledore’s plan once he started paying any attention to dumbledore

2 i agree that it was a lame death the answer lies only in J K Rowlings attempt to create the plot that twisted so many times, a few things werent as good as they could have with a more subtle plot like that of the lord of the rings books and so one

3 in the epilogue it states that harry, ron and hermione live 19 years after voldemort died

-why list questions to which you have answers?

-the word bitch was used in such a way that mothers (if understanding of the plot) would most likely agree that it was a passable part of the text and essential for the mood of the scene: loyalty to eachother and a gathering of good (love) vs. evil (voldemort and/or deatheaters) in the most magical place in the plot (hogwarts)

it doesnt matter kids use the word bitch all the time so what it is a book gimmie a break

Well said. Come to think of it there were lots of dead bodies lying around in Ministry of Magic. Harry Potter is interesting in that the books were initially targeted for children. It was one of her primary objectives - to make children read more. So you have words like ruddy for bloody and other weird euphemisms. However as Harry grew so did the language to an extent. In the end it is very much a teenage and adult book.

Sure did like this books (apart for some lengthy bits in the middle) and yes, it did keep me awake nearly all night. Lots was answered, the end of Harry, Voldy - both, or none, or one, or….?! pretty good. And the end to the end

Anyway - to your question: Is “bitch” a suitable word for a childrens book. Well, to call this last book a childrens book is (as Ron would put it) MENTAL. Not a childrens book at all!! Parental Guidance urgently required. And as to the word “bitch”. You surely must be an American to ask such a question - not worried about the graphic desciption of most painful torture and deaths - but at the word bitch…, which is - let’s says - more than suitable at that moment, with that happening, in that situation.