I *love* tragic endings ! (Was : Re: What if Harry dies?)

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 85372

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> "susanbones2003" <rdas at f...> wrote (and duly snipped):
>  I am very hopeful JKR will want Harry to triumph over Lord 
> > Voldemort and live to tell the tale.
> > Jennifer
> 
Then Del wrote:
> There seems to be quite a few people out there who share Jennifer's 
> opinion that JKR "can't" kill Harry, that it somehow wouldn't 
> be "nice" or "fair" to her young readers.
> 
> I just don't understand. When I was a kid, I simply LOVED it when 
> the/a main character died at the end of a book ! It made the book 
(or 
> the series of books) so much more precious.

Then Jennifer snipped some more:

 Harry gets the girl (whichever :-), and lives happily and normally 
ever after, now *that* 
> would make me sick, because it's just not real in my idea.
> > Del

I fear you are projecting on me the emotions of a parent wanting to 
protect my children or something. I never said, as Annemehr pointed 
out, I needed a happy ending with Harry going off into the sunset. I 
never mentioned how children will view this.  I merely noted that 
people care so much for Harry that they will be devastated if he 
dies. And if he must, I hope it's so clearly necessary and justified 
sso that we can all accept it. I, not being so firmly rooted in 
reality as my respondent, steered clear of tragic stories as a child. 
Never did I love stories where the hero died. Can't really think of 
any at this point. Did you ever read "Death Be Not Proud?" I did and 
was devastated by the ending. The only thing that tempered it was the 
fact it was a true story. So, let's not mix apples and oranges. I am 
not a butterflies and rainbows type. Just trying to come to terms 
with emminent possibilities.
Jennifer