How and When (Re: Script from JKR's reading/ About Snape and Dumbledore

[houyhnhnm102]

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maria8162001:
 
> But with all this questions whether Dumbledore is dead or 
> not, I remember that in one of JKR's interviews she mentioned 
> that what we should know is when and how DD died. I think her 
> answer didn't create much talks because everybody just assumed 
> they already know how and when DD died after reading the HBP. 

houyhnhnm:

It was in the third installment of the Mugglenet/Leaky 
Cauldron interview.
http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview3.shtml

JKR: Yeah, well, I think if you take a step back, in the 
genre of writing that I'm working in, almost always the 
hero must go on alone. That's the way it is. We all know 
that, so the question is when and how, isn't it? If you 
know anything about the construction of that kind of plot.

It sounds as if she is speaking in generalities, but I had 
the same reaction as you:  What if she is telling us straight 
out that, yes, DD is dead, but the question in HBP is when and how?

I especially thought that after reading her roundabout 
answer to the nine-year-old boy.