Why it was necessary

[davewitley]

No: HPFGUIDX 89579

Ginger wrote:

> Why is it necessary?  That question has pervaded many threads on 
this 
> list, most recently the "is too"/"is not" Snape is (not) a vampire 
> thread.  The request for "why it was necessary" got me thinking 
about 
> why other things in the book were necessary.  

(Interesting Harry & Neville theory snipped)

> And that's why I think it was all necessary.

Can you explain what you mean by something being 'necessary' in the 
series?

For myself, I don't know if it was necessary that Sirius die.  I can 
speculate as to the author's purpose in killing off this character, 
and then as to whether that purpose could have been achieved any 
other way.  Even if the answer is no, that doesn't prove necessity, 
because of the place of that purpose in the author's wider aims.

Please understand I'm not knocking the concept.  I just feel it 
needs a bit more definition.

David