Why now? (other books / series)

Marleen marmys at bellsouth.net
Thu Aug 19 23:52:56 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 110703

Becky:
> The end of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy ends in death-- only Sam, 
> Pippin, and Merry seem to avoid it. The grey havens, as nice as 
> they seem-- well, I don't know. Maybe some people don't see it as
> death. There's very little doubt in my mind-- just because it seems
> like another adventure doesn't mean it's not death-- to the well 
> organized mind, death is but the next adventure. Sadly, because of
> comments like that strewn throughout the book, I think JK could pull
> off Harry dying, so long as it's his choice/sacrifice and he knows
> exactly why he's doing it. (And we do, too).


Marmy replies:
It's almost like the Star Trek Movie where Spock sacrifices himself so 
everyone else will live, (not for the good of the one, but the good of 
the many) but then he is reborn later.....hmm, interesting.






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