What if Harry dies?

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 85131

<<<In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" wrote: ...It 
would be gutsy to to kill Harry but I wouldn't want it to be gutsy 
for the sake of guts. Harry's death would break untold hearts, and 
disaffect them as well. A "happy ending" isn't necessary but a 
satisfactory one is. I am very hopeful JKR will want Harry to triumph 
over Lord Voldemort and live to tell the tale.>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

We know JKR is gutsy, not to mention ruthless, as a person would need 
to be to tell an audience full of wide-eyed children that she doesn't 
believe in magic and that Harry might die.

We also know that she really, really doesn't want to go beyond seven 
books, but is unwilling to say "never". We know that she is pragmatic 
nearly to the point of cynicism. We (i.e., in this instance, I) are 
sure we read somewhere that JKR said that the fact that she is a 
practicing Christian is a key to the series.

Okay, so where does this leave us? First of all, with only one 
character's motivations to analyze -- the author. My admittedly 
hopeful opinion is that Harry will live, at the brink of manhood, as 
an emotional blank slate for all the readers who have identified with 
him for years to scribble on as they choose...

--JDR