[HPforGrownups] Harry's death, Snape's sacrifice (was Re: Predictions abo...

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> Julie:
> I've seen this theory before, that Harry will die and rejoin his 
> loved ones beyond the veil, and I personally can't imagine a worse 
> ending. Or a worse message to send children (who still make up a 
> large number if not a majority of HP readers). It's like 
> saying  "Don't bother about this life, the next one's so much better 
> anyway! Especially if you've lost loved ones, you can just join them 
> for a fabulous friend and family reunion! Really, who wants to wait 
> for that anyway?"  
> 
> I know that's not what anyone who's suggested this theory is 
> advocating of course, but I think it could certainly be read that way 
> by children or others who've lost people important to them or who are 
> finding life a struggle for whatever reason. If Harry Potter can 
> escape his suffering, avoid having to live with the loss of so many 
> people he's loved and just get "home" to them that much sooner, why 
> don't I deserve the same?
> 
> I'm also not disagreeing here with Dumbledore's assertion that death 
> is the next great adventure. That's a great way to look at it. 
> Dumbledore doesn't fear death, which is very admirable, but he 
> doesn't embrace it either. He embraces life, and he makes the very 
> most of *that* great adventure first, gracefully moving on to the 
> next adventure, death, only when there is no other option left.
> 
> I can only hope Harry is allowed to do the same. He's lived so far 
> with too much pain and sorrow, and with a cloud hanging constantly 
> over his head. If he dies without ever having had the opportunity to 
> embrace life and all it can give him, then he won't be moving on to 
> the *next* adventure, because he won't have experienced the first 
> one. And Harry deserves NOTHING less than that. I can only believe 
> that his parents, Sirius, and the others beyond the veil who love him 
> also want that for him far more than they want him to come "home." 
> 
> So while Lupinlore may toss his HP books in the wood chipper if Snape 
> isn't publically flogged while the citizens of the WW chant "You 
> reprehensible CHILD ABUSER!", for me it would be Harry going beyond 
> the veil permanently as an implied reward for his goodness and 
> courage that would induce me to give away my HP books. (I don't 
> expect JKR will kill off Harry, so really I'm just expressing my 
> opinion here.)
> 
> 
> 

Sandy:

Hear-Hear, Julie!!
I tried to snip this down but could not because I think every word of it is 
significant. And I would like to add a hardy "me too". If the hero of this 
series were an adult I *might* be able to accept him dying, though probably not, 
but this is a child, and a child who has been through hell every step of the 
way. I can't express it any more eloquently than Julie has, so I won't try. I 
keep telling myself repeatedly that JKR can't, and won't kill Harry off, but we 
are speaking of JKR here, and as we know *anything* is possible with her. So, 
as I have said many times before on many forums, if JKR kills Harry off my 
books will go straight into the garbage can because that is the only place they 
will belong, and I will feel I have spent, and wasted, a lot of time, emotion 
and money for nothing. Yes, I love the books and the great adventure they have 
taken me on, but I also love Harry and could never read the books again if he 
does not survive and find some peace and happiness, which he so richly 
deserves. Yes, yes, a lot of us don't get what we deserve, but this is a fictional ch
aracter (although very real to me) who CAN if the author allows it, and by 
allowing it can send the message that there is always hope. How I wish I could 
express myself as well as so many of you do. Bottom line -- if Harry dies I am 
done with the books and would never read another word JKR wrote. It isn't 
eloquent, but it's the pure unvarnished truth that would come from an emotional 
let-down of the first water.

Sandy


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