Dept. of Mysteries, "Love" room.

[madorganization]

No: HPFGUIDX 130368

"greg_a126" <grega126 at a...> wrote:
> The Harry Potter series is currently on track to be an all-time 
> classic, destined to be read by all future generations.  If Harry, 
> Ron or Hermione dies at the end of book 7 (or any point in 
between) 
> the peole who bought it and have been reading the whole series 
will 
> read it, and that will be the end of Harry Potter.  
<snip>
> 
  If good wins, I'll read them to my kids one day.  JKR 
> has to know that.


Alisha:
JKR may indeed know this (if it's actually true, which is 
debatable).  However she has said over and over again that she is
writing these books for herself, not for any of her readers.  She
also said that she never expected the books to be so popular.  So,
while the Harry Potter series may end up being immensely popular (no 
matter how much I love it, I don't think it will ever be
a "classic"), JKR is /not/ writing a classic story.  She's writing
her story, and if Harry (or Ron or Hermione) has to die in order
for her artistic and literary conscience to be pacified, then he 
will.

And Harry dying doesn't mean that good doesn't win.  It just means 
that good loses something in the fight, which is important.  Without 
sacrifice, victory means nothing.

 -Alisha