The Death of Book 5

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No: HPFGUIDX 59346

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "shinesse" <dehavensangel at h...> 
wrote:
> Hi all. I am just your everyday lurker throwing in my opinions. 
Well 
> here it goes.
> 
> Kristen wrote:
<blah blah blah - It's me so I can say that! :)>
> series. After all, Dobby's death would certainly sadden Harry (do 
> you think the Elf protection on death would be stronger than his 
> mothers?), but not really cause him to rise above."
> 
<snip>
> Now I say all that to say this. Sure it won't be meatier if a small 
> character but I don't think it would be any less meaningful to 
Harry 
> or us as the reader. For arguments sake let's say it is Dobby. Just 
> because is a secondary character doesn't mean that Harry won't be 
> affected by his death. It has been shown that Harry is a very 
> compassionate person. He hardly knew Cedric and his death affected 
> him. I think that at this point Harry would feel any death is 
> senseless and would feel that it was somewhat his fault. Making him 
> want to fight Voldie even more to stop things from getting out of 
> hand. To stop him before he had a chance to kill DD, Hermione, Ron 
> or any other important character.
> 

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that Harry wouldn't be affected by or 
sensitive to a death like Dobbys.  Just that Dobby is not a parental 
or mentor figure to Harry.  A death like Dumbledore, Sirius, Lupin 
(maybe), Hagrid or a Weasley would really affect Harry in a life 
altering way because they are all part of an extended family of his 
own making.  Deaths of any of these people would cause him to either 
fall apart or rise above.  I believe before the end of the series, at 
least one of the people listed will die.  In OotP?  Don't know.

I've been really thinking about this Dobby idea since my first post 
(shooting it down).  Some facts on this:  Dobby is a house elf and we 
know there is a rabid house elf in this book (presumably Winky).  
That means, Dobby may feel obligated to take a more active role in 
protecting Harry.  Also, Dobby has strong magical capabilities, he 
also has green eyes.  We've heard rumors on how Harry's green eyes 
have extra powers.  Could this be something already there or 
something passed by Dobby?  Could Dobby be the one to train Harry on 
this feature?  Could he possibly pass some powers to Harry on his 
death?  Hmmm...

Counting down by reading a chapter of GoF a night.
Kristen