Hegwig

[Sue]

No: HPFGUIDX 173875

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Denise Leblanc <denisewcr at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Hedwig in my mind had to die. This showed they had the right Potter. 
With there being 7 the owl dying was the only way the rest were fake. 
But I was still sad.
> 
>   Denise
>


>From Sue:

This is a good theory, but in the same scene, Harry also lost his 
Firebolt.  Is there a chance that JKR wanted to use the lose of both 
the broom and his pet as a way for Harry to leave behind his childhood?

Sue