Who will die?

[truthbeauty1]

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 There has been a lot of discussion of which major characters will die
in the 7th book. I have seen lots of arguments for the demise of
Harry, Ron, any number of Weasley's, Snape, Draco, and Lupin. Some
death predictions that I have not seen too many arguments for are
Hermione and Hagrid. I agree that I do not see the death of Hermione
as being likely. It simply does not seem to fit with the general
feeling of the books. However, I have seen one excellent case for the
death of Hagrid. He is not someone that I want to die, but I think it
would fit very well thematically. John Granger has proposed a theory
for the Potterverse based upon alchemic properties. It is too long to
explain here, but his website www.hogwartsprofessor.com explains it in
great detail. With this idea, he acurately predicted the death of
Sirius Black in the O.O.T.P and Albus Dumbledore in H.B.P. He also
accrurately described the weather patterns that these books would
begin with.(rainy, misty and cool in the case of H.B.P) His theory
basically states that the last 3 books are following the color stages
in Alchemy. The black period comes first and this is when Sirius dies.
Next is the white period and that is why he accurately predicted the
death of our favorite Headmaster. (Albus means white with age) The 3ed
and final stage is red. Rubeus Hagrid's name indeicates red or ruddy
in nature. For this reason, Granger has predicted that Hagrid will be
among the dead in the final book. I tend to agree with the major
points of the theory, but I believe there are other reasons that
Hagrid might die.  Hagrid would be a good choice for a surprising end.
Throughout the books, I believe that the readers have been steered
into seeing Hagrid as more or less an equal of the trio. Even when he
is a teacher, he does not radiate any sense of authority. If anyone
has any thoughts on this point I would love to hear them. 
 truthbeauty1