[HPforGrownups] Anniversary of the battle of Hogwarts, Rowling says sorry.

[FrogCreekWoods]

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What a great post.  I too appreciated that JKR showed that in war, good people die. War is so glorified in so many areas. I can't say it as eloquently as Shaun did, but I agree completely. 

Ellie
 
 On 5/2/2016 7:38 PM, Shaun Hately drednort at gmail.com mailto:drednort at gmail.com [HPforGrownups] wrote:
 
   
 As the son of a father who died as a result of war service, I'm 'glad' JKR killed Fred. And Remus. And Sirius. I didn't like losing any of those characters, but I think it's really important that literature acknowledges the fundamental tragedy that in war good people die. I think it's especially important that we don't conceal that fact from kids in works aimed at them.
 
 As for Teddy - he will go through his life with one really important piece of knowledge in his head - at least I hope he will - that Harry has as well. That he had parents who were willing to die for him for him to have a better world. That's not a little thing to know - one thing that angered me when I first realised it on reading the books was the fact that Harry had been lied to, that his parents had died in an accident - so for years he was denied that knowledge, that understanding, that they died for him.
 
 Shaun 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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