[HPforGrownups] Harry Potter Character Sketch - Part 3 of 3

[Samaporn Teeravechyan]

No: HPFGUIDX 17173

At 08:52 AM 4/19/01 -0700, you wrote:

>> 3.  Will Harry's life end in tragedy or will he live happily ever 
>> after?  Is there a reasonable argument for either, i.e. has JKR 
>> indicated in any way how Harry will end up?
>
>Well, I don't know. I think that JKR will have him live "happily ever
>after", because too many people will be upset otherwise. But I'd love
>to see how she would kill him off. In fact, I'd laugh if she actually
>did. Here's this fictional boy that hordes of people adore, and JKR has
>the gall to kill him. 

Just had to bring up Louisa May Alcott and 'Little Women' again. I read
somewhere that she had Laurie marry Amy because she was annoyed at people
wanting to see Jo and Laurie together ... =P

However, I agree with Margaret in that I think JKR just wanted to shake up
people who had already arrived at various smug assumptions about the plot.

>I wouldn't see Harry's dying as a defeat at all. Dying to save the
>world from an unspeakable evil...well, that's something. Granted, it
>doesn't change that he's still dead, but I still think that it's
>meaningful.
 
I agree that it would be very meaningful and all, but if that happens, it
will be near impossible for me to ever reread the series again. When I
reread multi-volume books, I tend to get carried away by the story and
don't stop until I finish the whole series. No matter how interesting the
earlier books are, I won't feel like reading them again if they have sad or
bittersweet endings, because it's just too heartbreaking when I get to the
end.

Samaporn