Should Harry Potter die?

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 2112

 I can't see JKR being quite so melodramatic...quite apart
> from Cassandra's point that her most touching moments are the most
> understated (quite aside from James and Lily's appearance in GoF, I 
always > get really teary in PoA when Dumbledore tells Harry that he 
did see his father, as Prongs rode again...) she deliberately 
deflates the most
> melodramatic and OTT situations and characters (Professor Trelawney,
> Professor Lockhart) and most of the characters seem to have lessons 
to learn
> along the way.  Personally, I think Harry will make it to the end 
of the
> series alive, but it will have been a tough journey, with plenty of
> heartache, soulsearching and loss along the way - we've already 
heard as
> much from JKR - right now, I'm not prepared to put money on anyone 
else
> making it to the end alive, knowing the way JKR can pull the rug 
from under
> our feet (though I think one of the least likely to cark it is 
Hermione) but
> I think Harry will be there for sure.   I kind of see it in the 
manner of a
> Shakespearean comedy or romance - there has to be real loss or 
serious
> threat of loss to make the victory at the end really mean 
something - and I
> think there will be an unequivocal victory for Harry at the end, 
even if it
> is a bittersweet one.  I've spent a few tortuous hours trying to 
work who is
> going to die that upsets JKR to even think about - I was always 
convinced it
> would be Dumbledore, but recent discussion has had me very worried 
about
> Ron...
> 
> Alix
> 


WILL HARRY DIE?

I don't think so at all. I still think it will be Dumbledore, which 
will be terrible enough. But after all, he is old, and to the well 
organized mind death is but the next adventure (yrghhh, I will have a 
VERY hard time as I LOVE Dumbledore).

WILL RON DIE?

I have been convinced by this discussion that Ron will be in danger 
of death. I think he will be tempted by the dark side.

WILL HARRY MARRY?

I don't think so. I foresee Ron and Hermione (who had become oddly 
formal with each other in Book IV)as being married, and Harry being 
the single one of the triangle, just as his godfather was.

Susan