[HPforGrownups] Re: Good/evil, Catherine's poll, Bess's Question etc.

[Vicky Ra]

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Jami: I really can't see her killing off Harry
... the way she's set up the series as good vs. evil, with Harry symbolizing
good, killing him off would then be saying that evil does triumph over good,

It does...However, I doubt he'd be killed, as this is a kids' series. Too
bad, though. Then again, he's had so many brushes with death, perhaps one
will be one too many. It'd make things interesting if he did die. It's
cliche for the hero to survive/win, though one could say that the side of
good won with Harry's death, because his death was for the cause. But that's
an adult view that kids probably wouldn't grasp.

I wonder, though, now that Voldie's got some of Harry's blood, whether their
lives are bound together, so that if one dies, so dies the other...As
someone said a while back, good cannot exist without evil...Yes, an
off-the-wall thought, I know, but then Harry's not one of my fav
characters...And it seems just like Voldie to take out his opponent with
him.

Catherine: Imagine book 7 has just come out... how many people will not be
able
to resist looking at the final chapters to see who is alive at the
end!??

It'll be hard to resist the temptation, but I think I can do it. I couldn't
handle it if I found out too soon that they were characters I like.

Amber: I started reading HP after GoF
was published.

Me, too. I was busy with school, and really wanted to get into the books, so
I read them right after the semester of college let out this year. I'm very
new to the series. I did glimpse SS and CoS, but because I was too busy to
get into it properly, I waited till now.

Catherine again: Sure, he wanted the glory of winning the Triwizard
Tournament, but I
think that this was more to do with proving himself, in the same way
he does on the Quidditch field, rather than being famous for the sake
of something he can't remember.

Why would he need to prove himself? He's defeated Voldie four times. And
everyone knows about his Quidditch skills.

Bess: 2.) How do Fred and George design/develop their pranks if they're not
allowed to use magic during the vacations?

Millz mentioned chemicals that explode when lit. Also, I think they're old
enough to use magic. Remember the famous scene at the end of GoF when
everyone curses Malfoy and Co. Perhaps the ban on use of magic out of school
is lifted by their fourth year.

Amy Z: One thing I'm sure of:  JKR is going to kill people we really, really
love.
She is determined to make us feel the real impact of evil, and killing
Cedric Diggory, as much as it might have upset her personally, doesn't do
the trick.  We're going to shed real tears before this saga comes to a
close.

Yes. I definitely agree. Besides, the series would be no good without some
good people dying. It's unrealistic otherwise.

And to Rebecca, I totally agree with your posts on Harry's nonexistent love
life and Snape's love for Dumbledore.

Vicky