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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