It wasn't pointless (SPOILER)

[pippin_999]

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It wasn't pointless...

 Because everyone dies. Clever, handsome, promising young 
men whose families need them are dying even while you read 
this. People die before their time every day, especially  people 
who don't listen to warnings about risky behavior 
cough*teenagers*cough. 

What did Harry learn from it? He learned what grief is. Don't 
throw things at me, but he really didn't know that before. He 
doesn't remember losing his parents. He saw the impact of 
losing Cedric on Cho and the Diggorys, but it wasn't the same 
as feeling it  himself. Even when he wanted to cry in GoF, he was 
feeling sorry for himself, not Cedric.

Why was it important for Harry to learn this? Because he needs 
to understand what Dumbledore was hinting to Voldemort. What 
Dumbledore wishes Voldemort knew is that the pain of losing 
someone you care about is worse than dying.   What can keep 
Harry going, through what he has to face now, without giving into 
hate, except the knowledge of what it would cost Ron and 
Hermione to lose him?

Pippin