The death in book 5 and..... Hello... I'm Snuffy

[Diane <cressida_tt@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48481

Regarding Deaths in Book 5.

According to JKR, it is a death she found extremely difficult. As she 
is compassionate and a mother it would make sense that the death of a 
child might be hardest to write particularly a girl. I feel 
insinctively that she might avoid that at this point in the series 
though. She gives her favourite characters as the trio and Hagrid and 
based on this I think that she might find Hagrid's death difficult to 
write, although I also feel she could bring him back as a ghost.

THe books are a rite of passage for Harry and the deaths seem most 
likely to be a gradual stripping away of his childhood and support 
leaving him ever more vulnerable but more mature. Hagrid sort of 
symbolises his childhood as he was the one to collect him from 
GOdric's Hollow and again the one to collect him from the Dursleys 
and prepare him for school. He is also a fan of Harry particularly in 
GoF.

Dumbledore I think will probably die but he holds so many keys to the 
plot that a think he has a while to go. I don't think the Weasleys 
are ready for the death of a family member quite yet although 
probably before the end of the series. Remus also seems a possibility 
as his Werewolf status makes him vulnerable. He and Sirius also play 
fatherly roles.

As for Ginny, her role will be Harry's protector and eventually in 
the very death throes of book 7 his love interest. Her role was 
created for a good reason - the Weasleys could just as easily have 
had all boys or another son. She owes him a life debt from the 
Chamber and would also be overlooked by the Dark Forces as a 
protector and therefore not be an obvious target.

Diane