Harry the Auror... or not?

[sleepingblyx]

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Karen:
 Still, maybe he can be the DADA teacher and a Quidditch 
> coach! :-)


I know I replied to this thread earlier... but who thinks that 
Harry will actually *live*? 

Ther does seem to be a big doubt in my mind, esspecially when I re-
read the "Boy Who Lived" label. He wasn't the boy who survived. And 
to say "lived" and not "lives" seems past tense worth noting.

We know it is his deepest desire to be with his parents. By the end 
of the series, we don't know who else will be "behind the veil". We 
also know that LV is afraid of death, and if some people's take on 
the prophecy is right, then neither will live at all. I see LV 
possesing Harry, and Harry jumping behind the veil, ending 
themselves once and for all.

While this seems a little bit too "tragic hero" for a kids book, I 
can see further exploration of the veil as making death not 
absolute, but more of an alternate dimension, where Harry will join 
his mom & dad & others and live happily. Auror and DAD just seem to 
mundane, and anti-climactic. 

_Blyx_