What JKR Finds Important

[Jonathan Pessin]

No: HPFGUIDX 116255

Tonks wrote:
" I thing that one important thing that JKR is teaching here, is to
show a teenager going through all of this and coping. Not well, but
coping. No suicide here. She will show the teenagers of the world how
to cope with trauma and loss."

I reply:
I don't honestly believe that JKR is writing this as a teaching tool at
all; I know that morality is a major part of the story, but this
particular aspect, Harry's responses to his past and his situation,
strikes me more as a reflection of life.  If JKR is teaching in this
instance, I would think it's almost a "don't do this" sort of situation.
 What I mean is, Harry isn't reacting as some sort of idealized, perfect
world kid would.  He DOES get angry at the wrong people, he acts
irrationally, he's impulsive, yadda yadda yadda.  Unfortunately, this
opens up the possibility that Harry *MIGHT* commit suicide at the end -
JKR just needs to show the negative results of this action to make it a
learning experience.

Hobbit_Guy
who wishes he had about 10 more hours a day to look through stuff like
this, because college schtinks.

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"You haven't been getting into the Gaffer's home brew again, have
you?"
"No... Well, yes, but that's beside the point."
-Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, Fellowship of the Rings Extended Edition DVD