[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: My theory on Harry dying

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 65706

Hi all:

>If you ask me, Harry doesn't have much to live for with Sirius gone.
>He
>is going to live a very lonely life and I don't think he will ever be
>able to succeed in a relationship. His is a bitter and difficult
>life...
>as you can see at the end of the book, where he wants to run away from
>anything and everything Harry.
>
I find this attitude very disturbing.  :-)  Nothing personal, but:  Harry 
will certainly be able to succeed in relationships.  They are entirely about 
*effort*.  Maybe he will, maybe he won't, but like Dumbledore says:  it's 
about choices.  You can choose to work hard at a relationship and make it 
succeed.  That doesn't sound very romantic, but I can tell you, it's the 
truth.  :-)

Not much to live for?  Good heavens - he's a young man, blessed with talent 
at Quidditch, he's made a lot of good friends in about a third the length of 
his life lived at Hogwarts, he's getting a great education, he has personal 
wealth for a solid start in life...just give the boy some time.  :-)  It's 
very hard to lose your parents so young - I lost my mom at 22 - but even 
though the sadness remains, one of the things it can do is drive you to 
cherish people all the more.  I think Harry's aim should be to look ahead 
and have that family he longs for by *creating* it himself - marrying a girl 
who appreciates him (if not Ginny, Hermione or Luna, someone who combines 
the best of all of them ;-)) - and having his own family.

>To satisfactorily end the series, I think that Harry will end up being
>killed, after a *very* heroic battle, and the very final chapter of
>the
>last book will be of him having a reunion in the next world with Lily,
>James, and Sirius.
>
It's a possibility - the 'Narnia' series had been cited - but I personally 
hope she doesn't do that.  I think Harry's rightful place is living out his 
natural lifespan with his friends and becoming a respected member of the wW.

>Now me:
>Of course, I do not know what JK's future plans for Harry are, but I
>humbly (well, maybe not humbly) disagree with the above post...IMO
>good will triumph over evil and Harry will prevail over Voldermort.
>What's past is past and remember that Harry is still surrounded by
>people who love him dearly and are also very dear to him...he does
>not remember his parents and only knew Sirius for a short period of
>time. I believe that an eventual love interest could ease Harry's
>path into the future and finally heal his broken heart. IMO Life,
>Frienship and Love will prevail...Book 7 could finish on a very
>positive note for our favorite boy/now becoming a man wizard. His
>life is far from over and his current state of mind is normal. He can
>be helped and will have a lot to live for again!
>Nicole
>The optimist
>
Harry will always revere the memories of his parents and Sirius - an 
important note about grieving - the point is not to "forget the person and 
move on" - that's wrong, an insult to their memory, and next to impossible - 
but to remember the good and to honor their memories by living well.

I think nobody's yet mentioned the most important lessons that will be 
ground into harry's soul (I hope) by the incident with Sirius:  the evidence 
that some of the problem was caused by Sirius' lack of self-discipline and 
not turning lemons into lemonade while he had the chance; and that some was 
caused by *Harry's* lack of self-discipline.  Harry's not to blame - no way. 
  But he's at a point where he *has* to learn to curb some of his rashness.  
Some of his success so far is due to luck - a lot due to the good help he's 
had.

My thoughts only,
Felinia

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