The Death of Harry

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 5046

Hi --

eggplant88 at hotmail.com wrote:

> Those who think Rowling would never consider killing Harry will find
> this interview by Evan Solomon disturbing.

Actually, I didn't find it disturbing at all.  <g>  There's no mention
of Harry.  It just says that she *knows* who will die in each of the
remaining books.  That's no big surprise as we've all known she has a
pretty good roadmap for the plots.  She's going to kill people we love.
Also not a big surprise -- most all of us assume that Hagrid,
Dumbledore, Sirius, Lupin, Ron, Hermione and Harry are all possible
targets.  But, I think I speak for alot of people when I say that I just
don't think she'll kill Harry off in the end -- I think he'll be
battered, war-weary and have suffered considerable loss before it's all
said & done, but I doubt that he'll be dead on the last page of Book 7.
Of the people I listed above, I'd bet that 2 of them will die -- and the
2 I listed first are the ones most likely in mind.  In fact, I think I
unconsciously prioritized exactly what my thoughts are as I typed those
names.  <g> Although, I will concede that there are very strong
arguments that Sirius could be one of the deaths.

> On the bright side I think Ron is safe, she thinks the death of a sidekick is too
>
> predictable:
>
Ummm . .  . I don't know.  She seems to just be pointing out that kids
are all worried about Ron, and she concedes that's because they're sharp
enough to know that the death of a hero's best friend is frequent in
literature.  In some other interviews, she's made this same observation
& asked why noone seems concerned about Hermione.  This lack of concern
about Hermione seems to bother her.  The interviewers all say -- "Ah . .
. we all assume Hermione is going to be just fine.  It's Ron we're all
worried about."

This is a great interview btw (the Solomon interview).  I've relied on
it quite alot in doing the FAQs on JKR & Hermione.  It's during this
interview that she makes it so abundantly clear just how much she loves
Hermione & how much Hermione *is* JKR (not just a caricature of her
younger bossy know-it-all self).

Penny


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