What if Harry dies?

[mightymaus75]

No: HPFGUIDX 85383

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
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> My second point, which is more germane to Harry, is that, in "The
> Last Battle",  the characters' POV goes over with them into the new
> heaven. As I said a day or so ago, if Harry dies, then there has to
> be an awkward shift in the POV at this point. If it were to happen
> then whether we switch to an authorial/narrative view would have to
> be seen. I realise that there are books where the leading character
> dies and the point of view is carried up to that point ("A Tale of
> Two Cities" comes to mind) but the narrative stops there. For Harry
> to die and the book come to a full stop seems to be unlikely; it
> would be too abrupt and would lack a full closure.
> 
> Geoff

But there have already been instances in the HP books where other 
points of view were used. The first chapter of PS/SS was mostly from 
the perspective of Uncle Vernon, and the first chapter of GoF was a 
combination of an all-knowing and Frank Bryce's point of view.

I'm sorry, but the limited third person POV used by JKR will not save 
Harry from dying.

Maus (who loves a good drama with plenty of deaths)