Harry lives... OK?

[jkoney65]

No: HPFGUIDX 172842

> pswannkcrrcom wrote:
> > For me...Hedwig. This loss was totally unexpected and
> > devastating. I mourn the people we lost but they had a choice
> > about fighting. Hedwig was an innocent--just taking care of Harry.
> >
> Charles:
> I might never forgive JKR for killing off Hedwig. There wasn't any
> real point to it. It was just a matter of convenience for her. I can
> see her right now, sitting down to write, thinking, "What'll I do
> about that damn owl?"



Jack-A-Roe
The beginning of the book is all about Harry leaving his childhood
behind him. He's leaving the protection of the Dursley's, he loses
Hedwig, his one companion throughout the summer, and he loses his
firebolt. These are all things that represent his youth. Now he is
moving on as a man, undertaking a man's quest.


Charles:
>snip>
> That being said, the death that really got to me emotionally was
> Dobby. You can ask my wife, I was TORN UP! I always get emotionally
> involved in a story, but that scene is where I had the most
> emotional involvement in the book. By the time we got to the final
> battle, I was fairly numb to the deaths. A little twinge, and I
> moved on.


Jack-A-Roe
I think JKR showed that scene because she didn't have time to show
all the deaths up close and the reactions to it. She picked one and
Doby's was the best to show the effects on Harry.