The Message of DH (WAS: Unforgivables - from a different angle)

[houyhnhnm102]

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Jen:

> Do you mean that was your intepretation of the 
> series, that death was either depicted as something 
> to feel indignant about or overcome?

houyhnhnm:

No to indignation.  I don't think that is what we see 
in the series (except maybe a little in Harry's initial 
reaction to Sirius's death). But I am imagining that 
indignation may have formed a large part of Rowling's 
attitude toward death before writing it.  I am basing 
that mainly on Hermione's personality.

Yes to overcoming death.  That's what these books are 
all about, it seems to me. The wrong way and the right 
way . "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."

Jen:

> About halfway through my re-reading of DH, JKR's 
> choice of "The Liberation Bearers" and the words of 
> William Penn became more meaningful to the story for me.

houyhnhnm:

I do remember something about William Penn, now that 
you mention.  I had forgotten it and I am not quite 
that far along yet in my second reading.  I remember 
that it struck me as something very significant, but 
I didn't understand it.