Harry's experiences : what's missing ?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 116605


Kneasy wrote:
> Put aside thoughts of what you *want* to happen.
> Now provide evidence - from the books, from JKR interviews, her
> website, wherever, that there will be a happy resolution.
> 
> Because I can't see any such evidence.
> 
> Cries of "Oh, she must!" don't work, nor do expostulations that
> "She couldn't do that in a childrens book" because she didn't write 
> the books for children. On more than one occasion she's stated that 
> she wrote the books *for herself* -  and it wasn't a particularly
> easy time in her life, either.
> 
> This is why I posted 101614 "Which way?" hoping to get some 
> feedback on the idea that she might do something radical.
> She's written a series like no other - what evidence do you have
> that the ending will not also be like no other?

Carol responds:
I'm confused. "Will *not* also be like no other"? If Harry dies
destroying Dumbledore, as you appear to expect, that would hardly be
an original ending. I expect JKR to thwart Harry's expectation of
"murder or be murdered" by doing something radically original and
unexpected.

I know you're looking for evidence and all I can present is the last
word of the epilogue being "scar"--not true canon but from JKR herself
but implying that Harry will live because the epilogue tells what
happens to the survivors.

All I'm saying is that Harry heroically sacrificing himself to destroy
Voldemort will *not* be an ending "like no other." It will be an
ending we've all seen too many times before. I expect something
better: Harry defeats evil using the power of good in some original
way and becomes, once again, The Boy Who Lived.

Carol