I love tragic endings

[sylviablundell2001]

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I was interested in Melody's point about Harry being so damaged by 
the end that it is not really possible for him to live any longer.
Dickens' original ending to Great Expectations was written along 
similar lines.  Both Pip and Estella have been so badly damaged by 
their up-bringing, that there is no real future for them.  They 
separate at the end of the book, both condemned to live a lonely and 
unfulfilled life.  Dickens was persuaded by his friend Bulwer Lytton 
to change this ending to a happier and more conventional one. 
Controversy has raged ever since about which ending is better. 
Probably in a hundred years time, our descendants will be arguing 
about the ending JKR comes up with.
Sylvia (a sucker for happy endings)