Poor Molly? Poor Molly! / Unlikeable dead characters?

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 95919

Hickengruendler wrote:

The other thing that surprises me, is the suggestion, that JKR made
the characters who are supposed to die more unlikeable before their
deaths. I just don't see it. So far, we have two deaths of good (semi)
important charactrs, Sirius and Cedric. While I agree that Sirius'
faults were shown clearly in OotP, we also saw much of his strength,
including his love for Harry. I think this was because JKR knows,
that this book is the last chance to really develop Sirius, and
therefore she did it and showed him with all his strength and
weaknesses.


vmonte responds:
I agree with you. Most of us have good and bad traits; it's what 
makes us human! The more you learn about a character the more you 
will understand what motivates them.  Character development is 
necessary if you want the reading audience to understand, and or have 
compassion for your characters.  Character development turns the one 
dimensional into the three dimensional, and it's what makes words on 
paper come alive.