[HPforGrownups] Harry's death?

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 42014

honeyduke writes;

> I think, also as dramatic as killing our poor hero, is the possibilty that
he
> wakes up and it is all a wonderful dream.  This is something i've muled
over
> for a while now, and remember, when Harry met Hagrid, it was right after
he
> woke up.  It really could be all a dream, althought, I dont think it is.

Actually, my mom thinks my greatest idea yet was just that.  That book seven
would end with Harry waking up in his cupboard under the stairs.  I would be
almost as furious then as if he were killed.  However, if he were to wake up
in the cupboard, get up, stop and check the mail, flip through it and see a
letter to Mr. Harry Potter, The Cupboard Under the Stairs, turn it over and
see the Hogwarts emblem, that wouldn't be quite so bad.

Throughout the books, though, Harry's dreams are usually very real.  Often
connected to Voldemort.  Like the time he saw Bertha Jorkins killed in a
dream and woke up with his scar hurting.  So I suppose if JKR really wanted
to she could just leave us all hanging and we wouldn't know if the dream
were an ordinary dream or a dream that would come true.  As far as canon to
support it being a dream--other than the fact that the dreams are usually
real (flashbacks or like the Bertha one) I guess there isn't any.  Still, I
doubt JKR will make it all a dream, that would be too much!

Richelle