[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius and Snape thoughts

[devika261 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20962

In a message dated 6/15/01 9:22:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
JamiDeise at aol.com writes:


> I agree that Snape is pretty immature, but I think that if Dumbledore dies 
> (which I believe is inevitable), it'll force Snape to grow up. It occurred 
> to 
> me that in three out of the four books published so far, Dumbledore 
> literally 
> saves Harry's life -- in PS/SS, by pulling him off of Quirrell, in CoS 
> through Fawkes, and in GoF by keeping Barty Jr. from killing Harry. And in 
> PoA, Buckbeak and Black would have been toast without Dumbledore

I think that Dumbledore's death will make everyone grow up.  I do believe 
that he will die (or be somehow incapacitated), if not in book 5 then in book 
6.  It's often been stated in the books that Harry feels safe wherever 
Dumbledore is, that he thinks that Dumbledore can make everything all right, 
etc.  I think that's the reason why Dumbledore has to die.  No one will want 
him to, but I can imagine a deathbed scene where Dumbledore tells Harry and 
all the others that they must now learn to depend on themselves and that they 
have the power to defeat Dumbledore without him.  If that happens, I'm sure 
it will be a scene where I'll need my box of tissues, but I think it will be 
a necessary part of Harry's (and Snape's, and many of the other characters') 
developments. 
Devika 


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