Neither would live, neither could survive I think at this point I was bawling again. I was so upset that Harry had to die it just felt so wrong to me.

I love the way Harry journeys through the forest, willingly, to his death. I don't think any religious crazy-person can ever again argue that this series is sac-religious... because it is the same sacrifice as Azlan, the Lion from Narnia whom the religious crazies argue so much in favor of (even though C.S. Lewis was Atheist but thats an entirely different argument). My sister and I always discussed the rantings of the religious crazies and we had a field day after this story. We always would bring up Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings, who sacrificed himself and was resurrected but the argument wasn't strong enough because he did so while fighting off the Balrog instead of a willing march to death like the Lion. here, however, Harry puts away his weapon so that he can't fight "He did not want to be tempted to fight" pg.703 Harry fully accepts his own death and willingly walks toward it so Jesus-like haha. the spirits of his parents and his godfather(s) do not push or persuade him forward, they stand there and wait for his decision and follow him where he goes "He knew that they would not tell him to go, that it would have to be his decision" pg.700. I knew that Harry would make some sort of sacrifice in this book, I kept saying that I couldn't wait for the last book to come out because something in it would be a huge giant blow against the religious crazies who claim this series is oh-so-evil... and this chapter is exactly it. I remember being so damn annoyed by them when Narnia was released in the theaters going on about the positive message of Azlan's sacrifice and 'rebirth' ... so now we Harry Potter crazies can argue that Harry does the same exact thing. a willing sacrifice.

anyway. I love how Lupin reappears alongside Sirius, James and Lily as his younger self, we get a glimpse of our Lupin again, the one we all love and there is no Tonks in sight. The descriptions in this chapter are beautiful, the way she describes his heart beat, how it is trying to fulfill a lifetime of beats in the time it had left. I love it.

and I knew Hagrid wasn't dead! she tried to trick me twice but I wouldn't let her crazy betch! hahaha. I was so happily distracted for a moment when Hagrid appeared, but so horrified when Harry actually gets killed... I thought something would happen, or at least Voldemort to go into a bond-villain-type speech... but nothing but Bellatrix's heaving breasts and Ginny's kissable lips and then death. I guess we've had enough speeches in seven books.