Harry Potter in general

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 190622

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nerona" <nerona12 at ...> wrote:

Nerona:
> As for Dobby, I can not see the point why he died, although he
> died saving Harry and his friends but what's the point???
> as for his OWL I also felt that she died for no reason at all she
> could have stayed in the end, she's just an owl.
> 
> I think JKR was trying to make Harry so angry and so lonely (when
> she killed these characters) so he could get to the point when he
> realise that there is nothing left to lose. But at the same time I
> believe that Dobby and Hedwig where not as important as Sirius and
> Dumbledore to die.

Geoff:
But that is why I like the books so much. In the real world, in a conflict 
situation, people get killed or hurt not because they are combatants but 
because they are in the way of get caught in the crossfire. Look at the 
news across the world today and I'm sure you will find examples. I must 
admit that in DH, I felt more sadness about Hedwig than many of the other 
characters - possibly because she was the first of the line of fatalities and it 
was so abrupt, so unexpected, so final. LIke a terrorist attack.