The Death of Harry

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 5050

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, eggplant88 at h... wrote:
> Those who think Rowling would never consider killing Harry will find 
> this interview by Evan Solomon disturbing. On the bright side I 
think 
> Ron is safe, she thinks the death of a sidekick is too predictable:
> 
> Solomon: Characters take on their own lives, have their own stories. 
> Writers often say, "I loved that character and the most tragic part 
> of my year was having to kill him off."
>  
> Rowling: That's coming.
> 
> Solomon: Do you know already who is going to die in the next books? 
> 
> Rowling: I know all of them who are going to die.
>  
> Solomon: Some of the characters we might love and you might love? 
> 
> Rowling: I'm definitely killing people I love, yeah. It's horrible, 
> isn't it? ...I cried during the writing of that one [Book Four] for 
> the first time ever. It really upset me. 
>  
> Solomon: It opens with a murder and then there's one at the end. I 
> won't say who it is. You cried then? 
> 
> Rowling: Yeah. 
> 
> Solomon: But in the future there's --
>  
> Rowling: There's worse coming. 
> 
> Solomon: People love Ron, for example. Kids think you're going to 
> knock off Ron because he's the best friend. 
> 
> Rowling: Kids do, because they're sharp and they've seen so many 
> films where the hero's best friend gets it. So they think I'm going 
> to make it personal by killing Ron. But maybe that's a double 
bluff...
> It's not that I sat down with a list and decided to write, "you're 
> going, you're going, you're going." There are reasons for the deaths 
> in each case, in terms of the story. So that's why I'm doing it. 
> 

Harry has experienced 2 categories of death in his life: death of his 
parents and death of someone in his peer group. 

I think the next person to die will be an adult. Probably, Dumbledore. 
In PS/SS, Dumbledore tells Harry that to a well organized mind death 
is another adventure (or something like that). In GoF, Hagrid tells 
Harry that everything will be okay as long as Dumbledore is around (or 
something like that). By killing off Dumbledore it will 1. cause 
conflict and confusion in the wizarding world (more drama/trauma for 
the book)and 2. give an opening to Harry for a "leadership" role. IMO, 
the death should affect the wizarding world to tie in with Voldemort's 
new reign of terror.

Sirius' death would make for good personal drama/trauma. However, it 
won't have a "great" impact on the wizarding world.

Lupin's and McGonagall's death would be sad for Harry, but it won't 
have a great impact on the wizarding world as a whole.

So my votes for a "Death Pool" would be 
1. Dumbledore in Book 6
2. Snape in Book 7
3. Harry in Book 7.

:-) Milz