Alternate book ending

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No: HPFGUIDX 173679

> > Lisa:
> > Well ... why were my dad's seven brothers killed in WWII?  Why did
> > my mother's brother lose an arm in Vietnam?  Why did my husband's
> > friend get shot and killed right next to him in the first Gulf
War?
> >
> > Because it's war.  People die during war -- there's rarely a
purpose.
>
Lady Potions:
> Hi Lisa,
>
> I don't think your argument is well founded unless you are trying
to say that you think fictional stories and reality are the same
thing.  I do not think you can compare one with the other.  I am sad
that you have such a sad past but Rowling did not have to make a sad
 past for the last book and I do think a fictional writer is
accountable for killing off loved characters in a fictional book such
as Harry Potter is.  Rowling changed her mind about killing Mr.
Weasley and she was going to kill him in the 5th book.  She could
have easily changed her mind on all of these pointless killings in
the 7th book.
>
>

I am afraid that I have to agree with Lisa on this one and let's face
it --she knows from wherein she speaks.  Even in a fictional book for
children (highly debatable or we wouldn't all be here discussing it),
the author has an obligation to structure a believable world.  Would
you prefer that children have a sanitized version of war where no one
"good" gets killed and EVERYONE lives happily ever after?

I think it is important to stress even to young people or perhaps
expecially to young people that bad things do happen to good people,
that live is not always fair and that you have to do the very best
you can in spite of this.  Jo has done that through the whole series.

Did I like all the deaths?  Of course not!  I cried over Hedwig, I
bawled over Dobby and Fred, Tonks & Lupin left me totally appalled
but I took them in the spirit that I believe they were meant.

I have loved the series since I started it (after the third book).  I
am now rereading it again for the umpteenth time.  I am grateful to
Jo Rowling for allowing me to visit and inhabit this wonderful world
that she created.  I intend to continue doing so for a long time to
come, but I am very aware that this is HER world and I am but a
visitor!  Thanks for sharing Jo.

Debbie