it was covered in Part 1, after they escaped from Godric's Hollow... Hermione tells Harry that his wand got broken when they were getting away from Nagini. Right before Harry ends up finding the sword and Ron comes back
I just finished rereading the 7th book last night, so here's what I remember.
In the book, Harry's "duel" with Voldemort entails Harry doing a lot of talking to prove to Voldemort why he is going to beat him, why he didn't die when Riddle cast the killing curse on him in the forest, and why he can kill him.
This kind of answers both of your questions.
Neville killed the snake before the duel. The reason Harry and Voldemort could never kill each other was because when Voldemort took Harry's blood to remake himself in the graveyard at the end of the fourth book, he put the protective enchantment into his body that was also in Harry. So, despite the fact that the enchantment wore off when Harry came of age, it was actually still protecting him because Voldemort had kind of renewed the enchantment. However, when Voldemort "killed" Harry in the forest, he removed the enchantment from both of them, thus making him vulnerable to death. Having no more horcruxes, and the Elder Wand actually belonging to Harry, when Voldemort cast the killing curse again in their duel, it rebounded, just like it did all those years ago when Harry was a baby, thus killing him.
In my opinion, the way this goes down in the book would have been a much more interesting way to end than the movie...it explains more, I think.
Phew. That was a long answer. Hope you got enough infos!
In regards to your Q...
No. He doesn't keep the Elder Wand in the book. He uses it to repair his old wand that got broken by Hermione.
In the movie I just remember this wand duel with connected steams, Nevil leaps up and kills the snake and then Voldemort dies. I saw nothing rebound. It appears like killing the snake ended the fight at least in the movie.
Watched Harry Potty Deathly Hallows Pt2 last night. Saw it in the theater, read the book. Help me remember.
Did Harry reviving have anything to do with the Resurrection Stone? It looked like he dropped it.
Why did Nevil, killing the snake, finish Voldermort? Yes he previously split up his soul into horcruxes, but I thought he was also carrying around a sliver of his soul in his body? Maybe that was not enough...
Watched Harry Potty Deathly Hallows Pt2 last night. Saw it in the theater, read the book. Help me remember.
Did Harry reviving have anything to do with the Resurrection Stone? It looked like he dropped it.
Why did Nevil, killing the snake, finish Voldermort? Yes he previously split up his soul into horcruxes, but I thought he was also carrying around a sliver of his soul in his body? Maybe that was not enough...
Resurrection stone had nothing to do with Harry's coming back, that was because he went willing to die.
The final part of Voldemort's soul, aside from the part in himself, was in Nagini - she was a horcrux too. So she had to be killed before Voldemort could die.
I just finished rereading the 7th book last night, so here's what I remember.
In the book, Harry's "duel" with Voldemort entails Harry doing a lot of talking to prove to Voldemort why he is going to beat him, why he didn't die when Riddle cast the killing curse on him in the forest, and why he can kill him.
This kind of answers both of your questions.
Neville killed the snake before the duel. The reason Harry and Voldemort could never kill each other was because when Voldemort took Harry's blood to remake himself in the graveyard at the end of the fourth book, he put the protective enchantment into his body that was also in Harry. So, despite the fact that the enchantment wore off when Harry came of age, it was actually still protecting him because Voldemort had kind of renewed the enchantment. However, when Voldemort "killed" Harry in the forest, he removed the enchantment from both of them, thus making him vulnerable to death. Having no more horcruxes, and the Elder Wand actually belonging to Harry, when Voldemort cast the killing curse again in their duel, it rebounded, just like it did all those years ago when Harry was a baby, thus killing him.
In my opinion, the way this goes down in the book would have been a much more interesting way to end than the movie...it explains more, I think.
Phew. That was a long answer. Hope you got enough infos!
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