Who dies?/JKR borrows from heroic literature...

[Pamela Rosen]

No: HPFGUIDX 154408


leslie41 <leslie41 at yahoo.com> wrote:           

I don't think Hermione will die. She's too bossy to die. Besides, 
JKR has often stated that Hermione is her avatar in a lot of ways. 
She sees herself most like her. I don't think she will do her in.

Harry? Naw. Don't think Harry will die. This isn't a tragedy.

But in heroic literature, what often happens is that the hero lives 
but his best friend dies. It is the death of his best friend that 
impels him to his greatest successes. Enkidu, Patroklus, etc.

Ron will die. Besides, there are so many Weasleys. ONE at least has 
to die. Harry has broken away from Ginny. The biggest impact, the 
biggest loss to him will be Ron. 

As for the other person, pick an adult, any adult, save for Tonks and 
Lupin, who will end up together. She likes Lupin, and he's suffered 
enough already, for JKR to make him die. 

As for the saved person, I would guess Snape but I don't know. It 
would also be completely logical for him to snuff it. 
   
  Pam:
   
  What's missing here is that JKR revealed only that two characters that JKR *expected* to live will die. That does not take into account any characters who have had their expiration dates set for them for years.  For example, we cannot assume that Snape is the one to get the reprieve because he may have *already* been scheduled to live or die.  In effect, when you think about it, all JKR told us was that she changed her mind about three characters she had scheduled to live or die.  Since we will not know until after the fact who was scheduled to die and who was scheduled to live but did not, JKR has essentially told us....well, nothing.

Personally, I think  if she wants children to read HP for years to come, Harry has to live. New generations of kids will not want to even begin the series if they know (and how could they not...do you know how hard it is to keep Dumbledore's death from my 7 year old who is only on POA? How hard it was to explain the COS diary to him without using the word "horcrux"?) if they know they're going to go through seven books only to lose their hero.  She would kill the series' future.  That's just my thought on that issue.  

         






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