St. Patrick's most famous prayer is referred to as the "Cry of the Deer".  St. Patrick avoided being ambushed becuase the bad guys got distracted by 8 deer and 1 fawn or a DOE followd by fawns.  I was of high hopes that I could work this into my latest HP essay project, but alas, even with as wild of an imagination as I have, it just won't fit.

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 Abstract Prepared for Terminus Conference, Chicago, August 2008 
Draft One 850 words, need to trim to 500

This presentation will focus on the "Silver Doe" chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  I believe J.K. Rowling combined medieval mythology and Christian theology to great effect in this chapter.  Ron literally getting a "calling," ( Read more... )

 I see Ron as primarily the heart. However, Ron as "body" makes as much sense as Harry as "body" because he is the one that we eating a lot and we even see notes regarding his writhing-like-eel moments. (Those HP fans that do not like Ron at all go so far as to say he is just appetite - period.)

I suppose my best reason for thinking of Harry as soul ( Read more... )

There was an interesting quote from Orson Scott Card's website from:

Author Jane Fancher (Groundties, and others) shares the concern and gives it yet another twist. "I deal with some very sensitive topics and complex character issues in my books, and it takes a long time and multiple books to resolve [them]. Some fan might well correctly read the ( Read more... )

Recently, some friends persuaded me to post to a website called Popstar so Rupert Grint could win that poll ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas! For your amusement this festive holiday season ( Read more... )

In a response to John Granger's noted Red Hen's review of DH ( Read more... )

A fan suggested that the 7th movie will probably start with the wedding of Lupin and Tonks at the Weasleys instead of Bill and Fleur. The more I thought about that, the more I saw the alchemical implications ( Read more... )

>Harry remembers Dudley Dursley, the doormat and the Dementors. Why these particular memories ( Read more... )

I just realized that had Ron given in to the Locket, he would have become like Lucifer ( Read more... )