Did Snape kill DD? (WAS: Re: PoA - Snape knew?/)

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No: HPFGUIDX 143658

Miles  wrote:
"In my opinion the moral factor in valuing a story or novel or film 
is different. We will have moral, or better: ethical questions in 
most stories told. The question is: are they treated in an adequate 
way? The characters should think about right or wrong, they should 
consider consequences for themselves or others. And if they do not, 
we shall see that they can get in trouble with that. Because this is 
real life, isn't it? For me, good stories deal with interesting 
people. And interesting people think about right or wrong. And when 
they do, I can judge about their questions for myself. If Dumbledore 
makes a decision I do not appreciate, and I can understand why he
did it, then the Harry Potter series can still be valuable from a 
moral point of view."<snip>


CH3ed:
I agree with what you say. I didn't mean that the moral of a story 
doesn't matter. What I was trying to get at is that I wouldn't 
condemn a book and its writer just because I don't like the way the 
story or its hero go. I love Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' and Peer isn't a 
nice guy by any measure... neither is Pechorin in Lermontov's 'A 
Hero of Our Time.' 

I concur it is far more important that the story makes you consider 
issues and gain new perspectives from them. If a writer has done that
(and JKR certainly has) then she did a fine job regardless of 
whether the story ends the way a reader likes or not (like in the 
controversial movie Million Dollar Baby). I also agree with Jen that 
JKR must be astounded at how her books are taken so seriously.