harry potter in general - Above and Below

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190571



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nerona" <nerona12 at ...> wrote:
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> I wished there was at least 1 scene through out the series where Harry and Snape had an agreement moment, you know what I mean?? A moment of understanding ...
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> ... I can't understand why JK Rowling killed almost everyone Harry cares or would have cared about, like his parents for a start, then Sirius, then Dumbledore, even his Owl, so I know that at some point she had to kill 1 of these characters but why all of them???
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> thank you
> Nerona
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Steve:

Notice one thing about all the people who died, they all stood above Harry. They were all people Harry looked up to. The people who remained are all people who looked up to Harry. They stood as his equals or, from a certain perspective, his subordinates. 

When the final battle came, JKR wanted Harry isolated, she wanted this to be a battle between Harry and Voldemort with no hero of Harry's able to step in and save the day.

The weight had to fall on Harry's shoulders and his alone. And that meant that everyone who stood above Harry, figuratively speaking, had to be gone. 

Steve/bboyminn