What JKR Finds Important

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 116291


Kim wrote :
"Of course, Harry committing suicide is a possiblity and would be 
understandable for anyone who's been through what he has (and we all 
know it's going to get worse for him before it gets better), but my 
sense is that suicide would just be out of character for Harry, no
mater what happens.  Not out of character for every other person
necessarily, but for Harry, yes.  As you say, it's Harry's (and JKR's)
story and nobody else's (and if you relate to Harry, you relate; if
you don't, you don't, and there's no reason you should have to).  So I
think it's important (because he's fiction) to show Harry suffering,
coping or not as best he can, in his own individual way, maybe even
feeling suicidal, but then coming out of the "fire" alive.  Not to be
used as some unattainable role model, but as an example of an
imperfect person who found the resources they needed right there
inside themselves.  That's what Harry surviving means to me anyway. "

Del replies :
OK, this I agree with. I also think it would be out of character *for
Harry* to commit suicide. Considering everything we know about him, I
personally think that suicide is not an option Harry would even think
of. He might accept to give up his life, like he did in OoP, but I
don't think he would consider the idea of ending his own life. In my
idea, he would rather leave the country and go far away, where nobody
knows him, but he wouldn't just give up. That's not his type. IMHO, of
course.

Del