Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 24 Quotes
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 24 Quotes
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Quote 4
"…I'm as hunted quite as much as any goblin or elf, Griphook! I'm a Mudblood!"
"Don't call yourself –." Ron muttered.
"Why shouldn't I?" said Hermione. "Mudblood, and proud of it!" (24.87)
Hermione shows her strength and her confidence in her own identity here – she's not ashamed of her Muggle background, and she knows that it makes no difference to her Wizarding abilities.
Quote 5
"The Dark Lord no longer seeks the Elder Wand only for your destruction, Mr. Potter. He is determined to possess it because he believes it will make him truly invulnerable."
"And will it?"
"The owner of the Elder Wand must always fear attack," said Ollivander, "but the idea of the Dark Lord in possession of the Deathstick is, I must admit… formidable."
Harry was suddenly reminded of how he had been unsure, when they first met, of how much he liked Ollivander. Even now, having been tortured and imprisoned by Voldemort, the idea of the Dark wizard in possession of this wand seemed to enthrall as much as it repulsed him. (24. 156-157)
Mr. Ollivander's moral ambiguity is caused by his fascination with the idea of so much power existing in one place. On a certain level, he's more interested in the concept of the most powerful living wizard possessing the most powerful wand, even if it's used for evil, in a kind of scientific way.
Quote 6
You gave Ron the Deluminator. You understood him… You gave him a way back…
And you understood Wormtail, too… You knew there was a bit of regret there, somewhere…
And if you knew them… What did you know about me, Dumbledore?
Am I meant to know, but not to seek? Did you know how hard I'd find that? Is that why you made it this difficult? So I'd have time to work that out? (24.44-47)
Harry's grief and frustration over Dobby's death erupts in this stream of mental questions, directed at Dumbledore. Why, he wonders, couldn't his old mentor simply have revealed more? Why has Harry been so left in the dark about his own destiny?