[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP:Death--Point or Pointless?

[the firey chasm from whence it came]

No: HPFGUIDX 65098


>My feeling is that JKR is preparing us for an ending that we may not
>necessarily like.  She has repeatedly hinted in interviews lately
>that Harry may not survive till the end.

It's so hard to tell. She also might just be trying to keep some suspense 
going on. It wouldn't make much sense for her to confirm that he does live 
after all, would it? What reason would people have to keep reading? Just 
because she wants us to think it's possible that Harry will die doesn't 
mean that he necessarily will. She just doesn't want to give anything away. 
I also think she likes to torture her readers a bit. ;)

<snip>
  Harry begs, "Kill us."  Not kill me, but kill
>US.  Did anyone else find this unsettling?  Is she setting us up for
>a heroic ending where Harry sacrifices himself to save everybody
>else?  The sick feeling in the pit of my stomach tells me that it is
>a good possibility.

Well, he was possessed by Voldemort at the time, and Voldemort was trying 
to get DD to kill Harry in the hopes that it would kill him as well. That 
was the whole logic behind the possession. I don't think we can interpret 
something Harry says under the influence of possession as a true desire. 
But I definitely think it's possible that he might die a heroic death, 
fighting Voldemort. I think he will defeat Voldemort, but he might die 
doing it. I can't discount that possibility.

~dream