Do we need any more death cases?

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No: HPFGUIDX 89809

Andrew wrote:
> 
> My I draw your thoughts, to a famous childrens book, written many 
> years ago, in a less free society. This book, as it happens, is 
> named The Hobbit. There is tons of killing in that book, villagers, 
> spiders, and main character dwarves. Is it impossible that JKR may 
> kill of main charactars, no.
> 
> Andrew

Neri answers:

I read The Hobit the last time several years ago, so my memory might 
not be accurate, but I remember the death of only one major 
character, at the very end and with a good moral. So I'd say that by 
the Hobbit's standard JKR already filled her blood quota.

A more relevant example may be LOTR, with a full-scale war and a very 
high body count. I can recall the death of only one major character 
in LOTR (Boromir, of course. Theoden was hardly a major character in 
the book, as opposed to the movies), and again with a very good 
moral. 

But I certainly did not claim it is impossible JKR will kill more 
major characters. I merely asked: what for?

Neri