Happy endings? A good thing?

[jastrangfeld]

No: HPFGUIDX 46209

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Melody" <Malady579 at h...> wrote:
> I don't see the virtue of "protecting" a character just because the
> reader likes them.  It creates a false pretense to be wrongly
> paralleled to reality.  Besides, sometimes the hero wins in death.
> There is more to a hero than just surviving.  A martyr is a hero.
> Valiant, brave, idealistic.  While, yes, you want them to live,
> quietly you know that this ending is somehow resonating deeper with
> such accord that it was truly the only way.
> 
> Somehow, no matter who dies in the end, I have a feeling Rowling 
will
> manage to create that ending, and we all will be in awe.
> 
> 
> Melody

Hmm . . .I'm reminded somehow of the real Brother's Grimm.  Not the 
Disneyfied versions, like Cinderella making everyone happy, but in 
the original, the sister's eyeballs were plucked out by a crow in the 
carriage . . . These were stories intended to be *evil* grown-up 
tales.  Yet they're told to children now.  I believe JKR believes 
that the children who read HP are supposed to be aging somewhat along 
with the character, and therefore as they age, maybe are ready to 
handle more adult themes.  A good story is never for any specific 
genre . . . but for all.

Just my opinion ;o)

Julie