Seven Tasks, Seven Stories, Do the tasks in PS/SS match the books? |
 Feb 11 2007, 05:13 AM
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Madame Pince's House Elf  Posts: 4,714 Joined: 5:46pm January 28, 2005 Location: In HP Book Club 5, awaiting Deathly Hallow's release.  |
SEVEN TASKS, SEVEN BOOKS.
There is a theory that the seven tasks Ron, Hermione and Harry had to do to reach the Philosopher's Stone, at the end of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone match the storyline of each of the books in the series. These tasks or obstacles had been set by the various teachers involved with the protection of the Philosopher's Stone, including Hagrid, himself, Professors Sprout, Flitwick, and McGonagall. Quirrell had supplied a troll while Snape was the author of the Potions task and its accompanying Riddle. Lastly, Dumbledore, himself, had set up the Mirror of Erised to conceal the Philosopher's Stone. Once Harry, Ron and Hermione passed Fluffy in Book 1, which was Hagrid's contribution, they encountered the defences of the other teachers, and that these defences matched the events of each of the other books. Thus Harry Potter matches the 2nd task with the Devil's Snare, which was set by Professor Sprout. Professor Flitwick's 3rd task, which involved identifying the right key, reflects the events of Prisoner of Azkaban. Professor McGonagall's transfiguration task with the giant chess set suggests the Triwizard Tournament in GOF, but there is some debate about how Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix matches the theory. There is an obvious correlation with the Half-blood Prince and the potions task, when solving the Riddle was the chief problem. And the idea was that the Mirror of Erised, Dumbledore's task, might say something about the end of the series. The seven tasks have been discussed in various threads discussing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. These threads include: GREAT WIZARDING EVENTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 1. Snape's Task to reach the stone, a continuity error to reach the stone? 2. 7 Books, 7 Tasks, Harry's challenge to get to the Stone foreshadow events in later books. OBSCURUS: 1. The symbolic nature of the Number seven. 2. COS and the second task CURRENT BOOK CLUB: Let sleeping trolls lie, Order of the Phoenix and the 5th task to find the Philosopher's Stone. Tje Play up! Play up! and Play the game!, GOF and the 4th task to find the Philosopher's Stone discussions can be viewed in the Special Events Archives. Other archived Book Club threads include POA and the 3rd task to find the Philosopher's Stone, Do they show how 7 PS/SS tasks match 7 books? SCRIBBULUS: 1.Voldemort's plan to spread chaos - Shard. 2.The mystery of the number seven - Memsylfn1 CORNER BOOTH CHAT: WWW Chat Transcript: 2/28/07 (Read only) 3. 7 tasks of PS/SS and the 7 books Other sites elsewhere have discussed this theory in pre-HBP days, not only on Leaky Lounge. Before Leaky Lounge's beginning on 28th January, 2005, this archived Mugglenet essay, published 16th November, 2004, referred to how the seven PS/SS tasks might correlate with the seven volumes of the Harry Potter story. The Two-way mirror series of articles also discussed a connection between The Half-Blood Prince and the Riddle of the Phials (or The Chamber of Secrets and the Devil's Snare). This post has been edited by WaggaWaggaWerewolf: Jun 14 2007, 04:39 PM --------------------  Check out Book Number 5 POA edition. |
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