[HPforGrownups] Re: Death in GoF

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 17494


--- catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk wrote:
> I also agree with the comments about the fact
> that usually in literature there is some build up to a person's 
> death, and there is usually some kind of redemptive quality to it.  
> Here it is simply a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong 
> time.  

Hmmm. Well, if you think about it, it's not a surprise that usually
there's a buildup. It seems to me that many novels/books focus on main
characters. There usually aren't many secondary characters, or if there
are, they're not involved in the action. And if you're going to kill
off a major character, there has to be some sort of buildup. I mean,
you can't just have a major character drop out of sight, it just
doesn't work. 

The difference with JKR is that she does have many secondary characters
that are very close to the "action". So she's in the position where she
can kill one off quickly. I know a couple of other authors with the
same world situation who has characters killed quite frequently and
callously like JKR did.

~Amber


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