Fred and George and Karma (Was: Harry as Frodo or not?)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 176867

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> It's almost unbearably sad and ironic, and I don't even like Fred. His
> death, like Cedric's and Black's, is completely unexpected. Moreover,
> he's not even murdered; his death is unrelated to anything that he's
> doing. He's merely laughing at a joke made by his straitlaced brother
> when a wall falls on him.
> 
> Carol, who thinks that JKR wanted Fred to, quite literally, die laughing

Geoff:
But isn't this just JKR giving us a reflection of the real world?

Every day we hear of people fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan being killed 
in this way  - suddenly, unexpectedly and often needlessly or pointlessly. 
Very few people go out in a really heroic way.

Sad but........