[HPforGrownups] Re: Wands, Meanings and Where it All Could Lead...

[Mary Shearer]

No: HPFGUIDX 35317


--- jklb66 <jklb66 at yahoo.com> wrote:
 I've never been afraid that
> Harry would die in 
> Book 7.  Afraid for almost everyone around him, yes,
> but afraid for 
> Harry, no.  But I read your post and thought, "If
> refusing to accept 
> one's own death is the defining characteristic of
> the ultimate evil 
> character, than accepting one's own death would be
> the logical last 
> heroic act of our hero."  
> 
> I can't foresee our final Harry/Voldemort showdown
> merely being a 
> simple matter of who can AK the other faster or
> stronger; there will 
> have to be final showdown that truly "means"
> something.  Perhaps in 
> order to rid the world of LV once and for all, Harry
> will have to 
> willingly die too?  And out of the ashes this great
> pyric (sp.) 
> victory will be born a better and safer world for
> those Harry loves?
> 
I've wondered, too, if this is where the story is
headed.  My speculation is mostly based on that
intriguing "gleam" of Dumbledore's, followed
immediately by his looking older and more tired than
Harry has ever seen him when he (Dumbledore) is told
of the new connection between Harry and Voldemort. I
know that there has been plenty of speculation on this
list about the use of Harry's blood in restoring
Voldemort to his body...that perhaps Voldemort cannot
kill Harry without killing himself as well. Should
this be the case, Harry may very well have to make a
decision to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

If he does, I think that JKR would handle it with
enough grace to keep from traumetizing her readers -
perhaps a joyful reunion with his parents - that is a
"tragic" ending I could probably live with.  If we
have to say good-bye to our beloved Harry, I will
stubbornly hold out for a "happily ever after" of some
sort!  

-Mary, who really doesn't want Harry to die at the
end, but fearfully keeps looking for foreshadowing to
that effect anyway.    


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