[HPforGrownups] Deaths in the Series

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 192172

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> Bart:
> Another post made me think about a general question for discussion: 
> the many deaths in the Harry Potter series, onstage and offstage.
>
> Doing this with numbered questions (like the listelves)....
>
> 1) JKR had a knack for getting you to care about a character, then
> killing the character off (most blatantly with Cedric, but certainly
> with others). Which character's death upset you the most (and why)?

Lynda:
Ohh! What fun!  Okay here goes. Character deaths upsetting me the 
most. There were three.

Hedwig, because she died in a cage, unable to fly and escape. Lupin 
and Tonks, because there was (IMHO) no real reason for their deaths. 
I know and understand JKR's reasoning, and her wish to have Teddy 
raised as a "happy orphan" but I don't really think there are any 
"happy orphans" and it just seems gratuitous to me for her to kill 
off Lupin and Tonks.

> Bart:
> 2) Some deaths were pretty much required for the plot to go on (most
> notably, the death of Harry Potter's parents). Some were a little 
> more subtle. What were some of the deaths you considered to be 
> necessary for the story (and, of course, why)?

Lynda:
Well, Cedric, Scrimgeour, and Harry's parents; all to show the evil 
of Lord Thingy. And Lord Thingy of course. That's the whole point of 
the story. The destruction of Lord Thingy.

> Bart:
> 3) And, of course, because people do die in wars, some of the deaths
> were pretty much gratuitous. But it can be argued that JKR went
> overboard in some cases, killing characters just for the sake of 
> adding to the death tolls. Which character's death do you consider 
> to be the most gratuitous (and, most importantly, why?).


Lupin and Tonks. See # 1.

Lynda