Hannah Abbott and her mother |
  Dec 5 2005, 11:05 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 72 Joined: 2:35pm June 7, 2005 Location: Utah  |
I was rereading book six the other day when it mentioned something i had forgotten: Hannah Abbott's mother being killed. Was this just a random killing, as the terror surrounding Lord Voldemort's rise was mounting, or was it put there specifically by JK Rowling as some kind of clue? is there anything important we don't know about Hannah? any thoughts??
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Dec 6 2005, 12:39 AM
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Disgruntled House-Elf at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 441 Joined: 12:23am August 8, 2005 Location: In front of my computer, funnily enough ... |
This is what the Lexicon has to say about Hannah:
Hannah Abbott But really, I think it was just a way to show that the war is really on now. It's not like it was in OotP, all kind of hushed up and in the dark. It's open warfare, and people get killed, unfortunately. -------------------- By Makani - check out her awesome art at http://acciobrain.ligermagic.com/ The ULTIMATE title for Book 7: Harry Potter and the Half-Phoenix's Fiery Azkabanian Chamber of Philosophers |
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Dec 6 2005, 08:08 AM
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Freelance Daily Prophet Reporter Posts: 1,509 Joined: 8:56am June 25, 2005 Location: behind fred and george's swamp (in evilFlitwick's secret lair), pondering his many maniacal misdeeds |
... is she really dead, or being hidden 'more completely than you could ever imagine'...? never know!
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Dec 7 2005, 01:49 AM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 186 Joined: 3:11am July 21, 2005 |
I think it was just a way to show that those around Harry were being affected. The parents of his classmates were dying. JKR just didn't make it anyone super close to him. Hannah Abbott is a name we've heard since Book 1, but she's never gotten a lot of exposition. And I think it's also to point out that it's not just people in power that are getting killed. It's very random and scary.
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Dec 7 2005, 03:07 AM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 25 Joined: 7:10pm November 13, 2005 Location: Sitting at my desk, trying to put my thoughts onto paper |
I don't think it was a hint to anything special about Hannah Abbott. It was just a way of showing that a war is going on. JKR carries this theme further when she shows the effects of the war - which is really all she does in that book - by having Ron say "Anybody else we know died?" repeatedly.
You can't show the entire terror and horror of war - and actually, like every terror and horror, it wears off after a while. So you have to show examples of it. And this is just what JKR does repeatedly through the book - this being one of those instances. |
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Dec 7 2005, 07:06 AM
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Owner of D's Favorite Avatar! Posts: 3,058 Joined: 10:59am June 8, 2005 Location: Exile on Main St  |
Yep it's used more as a fear factor that it can be anyone, not just the important characters get killed but also the bystanders and innocents.
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Dec 7 2005, 11:22 AM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 112 Joined: 1:56pm September 12, 2005 |
Abbotts mum got killed as did one of the vances and one of the boneses
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Dec 7 2005, 11:24 AM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 109 Joined: 6:04am December 1, 2005 |
What about Griselda Marchbanks?
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Dec 23 2005, 06:14 PM
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Leaky's Resident Bibliophile Posts: 8,279 Joined: 5:01pm April 18, 2005 Location: Finding Neverland.  |
I think that it was partly the awareness factor and partly the fear factor, like Montymort and ONCE mentioned. It showed how friends of Harry's were affected by the war and Voldemort being back. It was also to show fear because now the war is fully in swing, and there is no knowing who is going to die next. You always have to be on your guard.
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