I don't think that Harry will die

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 160153

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.


Magpie:
I agree.  Harry will not die because as a character he's just not 
been created in such a way that his death will have as much meaning 
as someone like Frodo.  Frodo was an adult with a mature outlook on 
life and death.  If Harry were to die I think it would be a more 
immature outlook--he died gloriously because he was fighting.  I'm 
not explaining this well, but it's like...it's not real.  It's 
looking at death like it's cool because it's not real.  It's more 
just a cool way to go if you're imagining it--"I hope I die before I 
get old" or "it'd be cool to go down in a hail of bullets" and all 
that.  It's kind of the difference between pre and post_HBP Draco 
Malfoy who can't see Thestrels and thinks murder is as easy as 
finding a way to put something in someone's drink.  LOTR, by 
contrast, is about "death and deathlessness" according to its author. 
Loss is a much bigger concern.

-m