Chances of Being Alive at the End of Book Seven

[augustinapeach]

No: HPFGUIDX 82494

urghiggi wrote:
> > I keep hoping against hope that "die Ron die" is a red herring, 
> > inserted to tweak JKR's fans who are "on" to the whole seer!Ron 
> > phenomenon. 
 
Joj writes:
> That's what I think JKR is doing.  She has said numerous times 
> in interviews that people always ask her if Ron is going to die.  
> I think she put the whole tea leaves thing in there to mess with 
> us!  


I'm not sure what to think about Ron's future either.  One thing 
that made me nervous for him was his statement in OoP (p. 100): "But 
there can't be anything worse than the AK curse, can there?  What's 
worse than death?"  However, Harry (who's not a bad seer himself) 
predicted in PoA that Ron would have 'trials and suffering' as well 
as 'great happiness' -- as Harry put it, "you're going to suffer but 
be very happy" (p. 105).  I certainly hope that doesn't refer to the 
Quidditch season in OoP!

By the way, is there something to this "What's worse than death" 
question that might point to books 6 and 7?  Not only did Ron say 
it, but the idea played prominently in the fight between Dumbledore 
and Voldemort in the MoM.  As Dumbledore said, ". . .your failure to 
understand that there are things much worse than death has always 
been your greatest weakness. . ."  Could this be setting us up for  
a sacrifice by some character (Ron for Harry? Harry for Ron?) during 
a final duel with Voldemort? 

"augustinapeach"