The late Harry Potter

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No: HPFGUIDX 130354

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rebecca Dreiling"
<srbecca at h...> wrote:

> Perhaps Harry's powers will be limited, stripped down.  He might
have to learn again what had once been natural to him once the
conflict with LV ends.  Maybe he'll no longer be a wizard with natural
talent.  More like Neville perhaps.
> 
What powers would that be? Lyra has an exceptional skill, she did not
have to learn. Harry has two skills we know of that he did not have to
learn: flying and parceltonque. He has a talent for DADA but needs to
practice, just as for the rest of his classes. Neville lacks
confidence. As soon as he gets it, or proper motivation he soars. 

One question which severely bothers me: What is it that people have
with a necessary 'bad' ending. Harry either dying or loosing his
powers as something positive, good and of more moral value than him
surviving and getting on with his life? Isn't it far more a question
of the ending fitting the story, the ending being consistent with the
WW? Harry dying could be done, but the loosing his powers? I'm sorry,
but that is just not consistent with the WW, where magic is a
genetical thing, inherent in people, not a fluke accident. 

Alisha:
The most popular movies are
the ones where the star lives, but I don't think the best ones are.
People like to be told that good always wins unequivically, but people
need to
be told that sometimes good people die and we can only hope that they
take down
some evil along the way. 

Gerry
I don't agree at all. The best books and the best movies are where the
plot is consistent. And in my opinion, the best ones there are are the
ones that give you hope, and give you something which helps you along
in your own life. The hero dying is not necessarily good or what
people need to be told. I don't believe in 'people need to be told.'
Life itself does quite a good job in confronting people with pain,
death and suffering as well as surviving, getting over things and joy.
If JKR lets Harry die, it will be meaningful. If she lets him survive,
it will be meaningful. But I sincerely hope she will not let him die
because that is somehow more literary acceptible according to the
current fashion. 

Gerry