Harry as Survivor

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No: HPFGUIDX 30662

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., lisa.calandriello at f... wrote:
> Interesting point & well-taken.  Besides that, if memory serves, 
the 
> hero rarely dies an untimely at the end of any epic.  I'm wary of 
who 
> will die.  When Ms. Rowling said a "beloved character" would die in 
> GOF, I was certain it would be Ron, Hagrid, or Dumbledore & I was 
> almost afraid to read on.  When I saw who it was I was almost 
> disappointed because I didn't consider that character to 
be "beloved" 
> at all.  I certainly didn't hate him, but it was more that I had no 
> opinion of him whatsoever.


Well, see that's where you're wrong.  The "beloved character" isn't 
Cedric Diggory at all: it's Frank Bryce!  And when JKR says "beloved 
character" she isn't referring to a major character whom the readers 
all love, she's referring to the crotchety old gardener who was 
injured in the war and is falsely accused of murder, which is a 
beloved character archetype!  So see, she was completely consistent 
with the death of a "beloved character" -- from a certain point of 
view.

Joshua Dyal