Cedric's death and Cho

[Nick Deller]

No: HPFGUIDX 11242

In message <980891858.121403.96078.l9 at yahoogroups.com>,
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com writes
>Cedrics death is not extraneous to the plot. It may not have many 
>consequences as to how the plot continues to unfold, or if Harry is 
>blamed in the future, or any other issues with regards to the good 
>guys, but it does establish an important point about the characters 
>of and relationship between V and wormtail. The killing is a totally 
>callous act, not regarded as an event by Wormtail or V; Voldemort 
>tells Wormtail to kill Cedric, Cedric dies. End of Story. Wormtail 
>obeys his master with no thought to his victim or the crime he has 
>been ordered to commit. Voldemort sees Cedric as a non-entity, a fly 
>on the windows sill, and crushes him without a thought.

Apart from the comments above, I think Cedric's death is of prime
importance for one of its knock-on effects. Most people seem to think
"Oh well, nothing happened between Harry and Cho Chang in GoF, it's
probably not going to now". I'm not so sure.

The death of Cedric has freed up CC romantically, but has also directly
connected Harry with her boyfriend's death. Quite how CC will deal with
this, I wouldn't like to say - but I think her response to it might be
pivotal to at least one of the remaining books. She might fall in love
with HP as per first indications - equally, she might come to hate him
and betray him. She might even do both. Keep a *very* close eye on that
sub-plot next time out - I have a gut feeling that it's going to be
important.

Nick D.