Future sacrifices?

[Marvin Long]

No: HPFGUIDX 9778

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Allyson" <allyson at p...> wrote:
> I just think that death is an inevitable fact of life that we
(children or not) have to deal with whether it is a likable person
whom we have become attached to or not.  It would be a devastation to
have a lovable character killed off, don't get me wrong, but whether
the character is likable or not, should not be the determining factor
IMHO.
> 

I think that the *way* a character is killed matters quite a bit,
too.  It might be "ok" if Ron, say, were to give his life valiantly
for the cause of good; it would give that death meaning and poignancy,
something to make up for betraying the hopes of the reader.

The thing that shocked me a bit about Cedric's death was the suddeness
and the meaninglessness of it.  There was no particular struggle; he
was just squashed like an inconvenient bug.  And if JKR does that to
Ron or Hermione...well, I'll be mighty irritated, let's just put it
like that.

marvin