I don't think that Harry will die

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 160152

> Geoff:
> To kill him off would be completely devastating for many of these who 
> see him in this way. Frodo and the Pevensies leave their respective
stories 
> at the end, - although in passing I do not see Frodo's death in his
departure. 
> Not having seen "The Matrix" I can't comment on Neo, but my general 
> feeling about these characters is that they are do not touch readers in
> quite the same way. They are removed from real life as readers see it. 
> Harry is much more immersed in the late 20th/early 21st centuries and 
> is part of that scene whereas the others mentioned are not.
>

Renee:
Actually, I can see Harry ending up like the Pevensies do (Frodo
leaving Middle-earth is a symbolical death, and I don't remember what
happened to Neo): in a hereafter much like the WW, just `more real',
to put it the Lewisian way. This would take away much of the pain, I
think. Only, it would have to be written extremely well; a soppy
reunion with James/Lily, Sirius, DD and whatever good guys will bite
it in Book 7 (not to mention Ginny), could easily become very lame.

All the same, I'd prefer him to live, and if the books are structured
according to the seven stages of alchemy (which I believe they are),
Harry will live, possibly after having undergone some kind of
symbolical death. 

Renee