Should Harry Potter die?

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 1981

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Rita Winston" <catlady at w...> wrote:

> It would certainly be very literary if Harry carries out the 
> prophecy, which all the Old Gang knows about but he doesn't, that 
> the only way Voldemort can be killed is if Harry dies in the act of
> killing him.

If my brain were working, I would included this in the big post, 
instead of of burdening everyone with two posts:

We can guess how Snape feels about having to keep Harry alive long 
enough for Harry to die killing Voldemort -- resentful of having to 
keep Harry alive, and unreservedly eager for that final double death.

But how do the good guys such as Dumbledore, McGonagall, Lupin, Black 
feel about raising up the child in their care, who also is the image 
of James whom they all loved, to be a real good kid of whom they're 
proud, all the time knowing that they're going to send him to die 
like a turkey at Thanksgiving (or, I guess, a goose at Xmas for the 
Brits)?