Harry is NOT going to die.
A.E.B.Bevan at open.ac.uk
A.E.B.Bevan at open.ac.uk
Thu Aug 30 09:41:30 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 25134
mellienel2 at y... wrote:
>>>
(Harry) dying to save the world would make him a pretty solid hero
and legend in anyone's book. It would be sad, and children all
over the world would cry, which is one of the reasons I really
can't see her doing it, but if he died to save everyone, it would be
the utmost in nobility.
<<
Depends a bit how it is done. For my part I recall Wilfred Owen's
poem on the Cicero tag 'sweet and proper is it to die for your
country'
which ends
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
See whole poem at:
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~benjamin/316kfall/316ktexts/owendulce.html
I would be rather disappointed if Jo ended up reinforcing the search
for 'Desperate Glory' amongst her readers child or otherwise. And
actually I dont think she will.
Edis Bevan
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