Whose Death Was The Saddest - book 7

[wfgriffeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 174189

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "David" <foodiedb at ...> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> However, for me I found the saddest death to 
> be that of Dobby.  When JKR wrote, as Dobby was lay dying, (pg. 476 US 
> ed.), "...he had stretched out his thin arms to Harry with a look of 
> supplication."  Well, I was instantly in tears, which then lasted for 
> quite some time afterwards.
> 
> Foodiedb

Dobby's death and burial were the most poignant part of the book for
me also. JKR's description of his death is her most poetic writing:
"And then with a little shudder the elf became quite still, and his
eyes became nothing more than great glassy orbs, sprinkled with light
from the stars they could not see." (p.476, US children's ed.)

My wife and I spent 7/21 and 7/22 listening to Jim Dale read DH. His
reading of Harry's "Dobby, no, don't die, don't die" captured
perfectly Harry's horror at Dobby's grave condition. The gentleness
with which he described Dobby's death was very appropriate to the
passing of a simple, innocent, loyal, and courageous soul. I'm glad
that my first encounter with DH was through Jim Dale's reading, for he
brilliantly communicated this moment and many others.

BillG