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A college student has posted her own predictions on the sixth installment in the Harry Potter series, The Half-Blood Prince.
Article: The Hamilton College Spectator have an article about a college student has posted her own predictions on the sixth installment in the Harry Potter series, The Half-Blood Prince.
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There are two characters who will gain importance in the sixth book and they are Professor Snape and Neville Longbottom. Since the very first book, Harry, Ron and Hermione have been suspicious of Snape, yet time and time again Dumbledore has defended him.
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"I think in the sixth book we will finally learn why Dumbledore trusts Snape so unconditionally. Clearly there is an event in the past that gave Dumbledore complete faith in this former Death Eater, and I believe Book 6 is when we will find out why. My own personal guess is that somehow Snape saved Dumbledore's life or protected him in some way at a time of vulnerability. I don't know about the validity of my prediction, but if Harry and his friends are to successfully fight against the dark arts, they are going to need to know why a former Death Eater is now considered a friend".
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I also believe Neville will become a more important character now that we have learned that it was possible that he could have been Voldemort's arch-enemy instead of Harry. Neville also began to prove himself in the fifth book. He masters skills in the secret defense against the dark arts club, and also has success in fighting off the death eaters in the last battle scene of Book 5. I think it is safe to say that Neville will only prove to be an even better wizard in the next two books, and we will also learn even more about his past now that Harry knows about Neville's parents.
As for the half-blood prince, it's hard to say who that could be. Rowling always comes up with great twists and surprises, and I hesitate to make any statement on who I think the half blood prince is, but I will list a few contenders. Hagrid and Professor Lupin are clear possibilities since we know that Hagrid is half giant, and Lupin is a werewolf. Godric Gryffindor could also be the half-blood prince since we know he was a very powerful wizard who was not prejudiced against muggle born witches and wizards.
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