This ‘Harry Potter’ Theory Explains So Much About the Last Movie’s Most Dramatic Scene
We’ve been to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter twice, read all the books four times over and even considered naming our firstborn Hermione. We’re die-hard HP fans, and S.P.E.W.-badge-level proud of it. But there’s one theory that was recently brought to our attention, and we’re (for lack of a better word) shook.
According to one non-muggle Redditor, Bakatcha_Bandit, during the gigantic battle scene in the final book/movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, each obstacle that Harry, Hermione and Ron encounter directly mirrors the trials and tribulations of the first six books. For instance, there’s the search for another missing Horcrux that mirrors the search that Dumbledore and Harry go on in the sixth book, The Half-Blood Prince. Then, there are the swarms of Death Eaters waiting for them when they return to Hogwarts for the Horcrux (Ravenclaw’s Diadem), which calls to mind the Death Eater resurgence in the fifth book, The Order of the Phoenix.
In the fourth book, Harry competes in the Triwizard Tournament and has to outfly a fire-breathing Hungarian Horntail dragon on broomstick. In the Battle of Hogwarts, after Crabbe sets the Room of Requirement on fire, Harry, Ron and Hermione have to search for the diadem on broomsticks. In The Prisoner of Azkaban, we find out Professor Lupin is a werewolf, and during the Battle of Hogwarts, we see the Death Eater werewolf Greyback kill Lavender Brown.
The trio’s next encounter is with Aragog’s offspring spiders, which is a #TBT to grown-up Aragog from book number two and the Forbidden Forest. The second parallel from that book is that Harry, Ron and Hermione are trying to kill Nagini, Voldemort’s snake, just like when Harry had to kill the basilisk snake in book two.
Finally, in book one, Harry and Ron rescue Hermione from a troll in the girls’ bathroom, which is where their friendship started. In the final movie and book, the three have to avoid a giant (giant...troll....same diff) before ending Voldemort once and for all.
All this to say that J.K. Rowling knew what she was doing by drawing parallels from each HP book to close out our favorite series of all time. Not to mention, she’s one smart witch. (And we mean that in the best way possible, obvi.)
