[HPforGrownups] The Deaths of Beloved Characters, and related subjects

Sun Aug 5 06:30:34 UTC 2001

No: HPFGUIDX 23623

--- Eric Oppen <oppen at cnsinternet.com> wrote:
> One thing that kind of bothered me about the death
> of Cedric Diggory in GoF
> was that it didn't have the impact on me that the
> death of a character we'd
> gotten to know well through the first three books
> would have had.  Although
> Cedric seemed to be a decent sort, we only got to
> see much of him in GoF,
> and even then, we never got to really know
> him---there'd have been a lot
> more impact if LV had killed poor, harmless, hapless
> Neville Longbottom.
> 

Maybe I'm just the sappy sort or maybe I just identify
with characters easier than you do becuase I'll be
honest the first time I read GoF I cried when Cedric
was killed.  Personally I think GoF was well written
and while we really didn't get to know Cedric until
then I think JK did a very good job of telling us
about him.  But then again that just MHO.

Danette

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