[HPforGrownups] The End...

[Marleen]

No: HPFGUIDX 110810

  ChrisT writes:

  We are continually speculating on the end and about whether Harry 
  will die in the Seventh Book.

  JKR's answer that he will survive up to the seventh book, really 
  should not come as a surprise. What other answer can she give? If HP 
  dies in the sixth book what is the point of the seventh, and do we 
  really want to know if he dies or not and ruin the ending?

  How many people flicked to the end of OoTP to see who died in that 
  tome. I refused to and went through the book going, it cannot be 
  Arthur, it cannot be Hagrid, it cannot be McGonagall, it cannot be 
  Hermione etc, so why would we want her to answer that question?

  As to my opinion on the ending Harry Potter is a tragic hero, no 
  parents, no friends(pre-Hogwarts), constantly misunderstood, revered 
  and hated for something his mother did. To me the only ending will be 
  a tragic one. With either Harry, Ron or Hermione or any combination 
  dying.

  

  Marmy replies:
  I agree completely with you Chris. I didn't skip to the end either. We have already seen "heros" die in this series. (i.e. Harry's mother sacrificing herself so LV might be killed). We don't know what frame of mind JKR was in when she wrote the plot to Harry. She has said that she is sticking to her original story. So the reality of Harry dying in the end,could be a pausible one depending on JKR's mood at the time!