[HPforGrownups] Who dies in Bk 5 (was Has anyone thought of this?)

[JamiDeise at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20637

In a message dated 6/12/2001 2:20:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
reanna20 at yahoo.com writes:

<< I read some speculation that Percy might be a next casualty. Some
 people think that Percy will experience great conflict between what he
 has to do at his job and what is "right". And somewhere in the choice,
 he dies. >>

I'm one of those people who think Percy'll run into trouble with the Dark 
Side at work, but I don't think he'll realize he's in trouble until it's too 
late. I can see him going along, following the rules, maybe working directly 
for Fudge, being a good employee and not realizing until too late that he's 
been carrying out orders for a DE. By the time he realizes what's really 
going on, I don't think he'd be in conflict at all -- he'd do all he can to 
undo the damage, probably dying in the effort. 

It's also been commented that perhaps Percy, Fred and George's ambition could 
lead them astray. I don't believe that any of them have the type of ambition 
that could be channeled in a negative direction. Percy, I think, has a great 
admiration for rules, processes and procedures -- he believes that by 
following rules to the letter, all will be right in the world. That's why he 
wants to be MoM. I don't think he's on a power trip as much as he just loves 
procedures. He has yet to be tested in a situation where he can see for 
himself that breaking the rules is the right thing to do. I believe this is 
coming.

As for Fred and George, only in GoF did they act in a way that could be 
inferred as ambitious, in going after what Bagman owed them. Here, I think it 
was less a matter of ambition and wanting the money, as much as it was 
indignation that this MoM official, famed former Quidditch player, had 
cheated them. I believe that if Bagman had told them after the bet that he 
was overextended and could they work out some kind of payment plan, the twins 
would have accepted that gesture. But they'd been cheated, they were angry 
... still, they kept quiet about what a welcher the man was. 

I don't have a clue who's going to die in book 5 ... but I think Dumbledore 
will die in 6, and Ron in 7.

Jami