Why does everyone hate Hagrid? <Re: Who will die?>

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No: HPFGUIDX 34412

--- In HPforGrownups@ "Balfour, Julie" <j.balfour at l...> wrote:
> > 	I have a vague recollection of JKR saying not only
> > that someone who is a big fan of Harry will die in
> > Book 5, but also that it will tear her apart to
> > write this person's death. (Can't remember where I
> > read/saw this - Steve?)  I have concluded from this
> > that it is likely to be Hagrid who will die - how
> > much of a fan of Harry is Hagrid?!  He utterly dotes
> > upon him, has done since he was a baby, (even though
> > he wasn't around to see him grow up).  Also JKR is a
> > massive fan of Hagrid's - she always lists him
> > amongst her favourite characters and, knowing how
> > much she values her loyal friends (see the BBC
> > documentary shown over Xmas,) I believe that his
> > character is very important to her plotline - I
> > think Hagrid will die defending Harry.

--- In HPforGrownups@ "Mary Shearer" <marybear82 at y...> wrote

> I have never spent any time on this list contemplating
> who might be given the axe, but you may be right...I
> saw the interview with Rowling on this topic on A&E's
> "Biography."  She did appear to be very sad about
> having to write this particular character's death.  If
> it *is* Hagrid, not only is she going to have to write
> a death scene for a favorite character, she is going
> to have to portray the grief that comes in its wake. 
> How will this affect Harry, a young man with too much
> sorrow heaped on him to begin with?  Hermione, who
> champions Hagrid fiercely? And Ron, who hasn't had to
> deal with a major tragedy in his young life yet? Quite
> enough to make any author look wistful. Builds a
> pretty good case for Hagrid to be the one, if JKR
> wants to write a pivotal death scene yet keep the trio
> intact.
> 
I didn't see the A&E interview, but did hear several JKR interviews 
where she said Hagrid would be around all 7 books (and I can't see 
him as a ghost!)He more likely will become a liaison to the giants 
and a possible ship with Madame Maxime.

As I wrote before the ONLY evidence I can find suypporting Hagrid's 
demise was the Rosie O'Donnell show. When Richard Harris said he had 
signed on for Dumbledore for all the movies, Robbie Coletrain said he 
hadn't.

The quote of deaths I found were that there are deaths coming (in a 
pre-Goblet interview.) We had Crouch and Diggory in book 4 and I'm 
sure we will have more in the next books. There are several secondary 
characters that could be killed with the required grief for Harry to 
go through.

On Voldemort's side, I could see him hunting down any distant Riddle 
cousins (possibly a Hogwart's student who did not know thay were 
related) massacring the entire village of Little Hangelton or the 
orphanage he grew up in.

In Harry's group I could see some of the hangers on dying. How about 
the Creevy brothers taking a spell for Harry or Krum dying for 
Hermione? Or a spy who saw Harry at the Yule Ball targets Harry's date
(one of the Parvatis) or god forbid... Cho!

Harry would face as much grief as he would over Hagrid there and the 
book would lose limited one-dimensional characters. (Has Cho had over 
20 lines in the entire Harry Potter books?)

Or for the required grief and soul-searcghing and a bit of 'it serves 
them right' Voldemort attacks Privit drive a takes out the Dursley's. 
On top of guilt over being glad they died, Harry finds himself 
inheriting a house a small fortune of embezzled Grunnings money that 
he doesn't want.

There is gossip accusing Harry being racist against houseelves, I 
think some of the readeres are racist against half-giants.

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