OOP: Worse deaths to come?

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No: HPFGUIDX 63169

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brooke" <brookeshanks at m...> 
wrote:
> Hey guys. Thought I would throw this out... please don't pummel me 
> with dungmbombs if you are not in agreement!!
> 
> I was slightly relieved that Sirius was the one who died.  DON'T 
GET 
> ME WRONG-by no means did I WANT Sirius to die.  I have to be honest 
> and say that throughout the book, I kept changing my mind as to who 
> it was going to be, and I became increasingly terrified that it 
would 
> be Ron, Hermione, or Hagrid.  Here is why:
> 
> Although Harry felt a link to his parents through Sirius, Harry had 
> never really spent a great deal of time with Sirius, therefore they 
> never really had a chance to get close (therein lies the real 
> tragedy - the loss of opportunity to form a real bond).  Even Lupin 
> got to share a whole year with Harry working on fighting boggarts 
and 
> producing a Patronus.  There is a gentleness to Lupin's treatment 
of 
> Harry, as Sirius had always seemed somewhat reluctant to open up.  
> 
> IMHO, the closest people in Harry's life are Ron, Hagrid, and 
> Hermione.  He has spent the most time with these three, shared the 
> most experiences with them.  I hate to be the lone ranger here, but 
I 
> think the death of one of these three characters would have been 
the 
> most devastating, and I am afraid that there are more deaths to 
come 
> that may involve one of them.  
> 
> Anyone else feeling this way?  Or am I the ONLY muggle...
> 
> Brooke

I agree, but for different reasons.  JKR would never kill off Ron or 
Hermione, their friendship is too central to the story, and Harry 
needs them - although the book is titled "Harry Potter" but it is 
really the three friends who carry it.  Hagrid is a possibility... 

I was disappointed about Sirius's death because it really did not 
make sense.  There was just nothing leading up to it.  I hear it is 
important in book 6, I say it better be.  On the other hand, we are 
too used to nobody we care of being hurt in books, or films.  I think 
JKR showed that she can create a real world with real dangers partly 
by not being afraid to bring death to a "children's" story, although 
at this point I don't think they are children's stories any more.  

I thought for a while it was Dumbledore who gets killed off - that 
would create a real power vacuum where Harry would have to grow into, 
and all the characters have to unite to conquer Voldemort.  But as 
the story grew and Dumbledore's authority was a key, I figured that 
won't happen.  Maybe in the 7th book.  Not that I want it to happen, 
but if someone must die, it would make sense.

Marta