Death And The Order Of The Phoenix
Phil Maynard at the Guardian Blog thinks Harry Potter Must Die:
Ever since young lips were set a-wobbling by the demise of Dumbledore in HP6 (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) it seemed likely that the mighty author’s pen would strike further blows in the seventh and clinching episode (expected next year).
And so it seems: JK Rowling has let slip that the final chapter of the saga contains the deaths of more than one major character, stoking rumours that Potter himself may be bumped off.
The rumours alone of Potter’s demise, whether or not exaggerated, will be enough to bring the issue of mortality firmly on to the breakfast table where it will further loom over many a school run in the coming weeks and hype-filled months.
Children have to learn to deal with death sooner or later, it’s the reason they have hamsters for pets. Or so it was once explained to me one tearful morning when Hammy wasn’t on his wheel.
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June 28th, 2006 at 12:08 am
What an idiot. Children don’t have to learn to deal from death from a fiction series in which the whole point is to have good triumph over evil so that everyone - or at least the protagonist and his immediate circle - can live happily ever after. I know Rowling’s gotten darker as the series has progressed, but what an unsatisfying ending that would be to have the protagonist die after rooting for him for seven books! Not to mention poor writing - and a poor writer she isn’t.
June 28th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Also, he is the Boy who lived, not some schmuck who dies so everyone else can live. He’s harry potter not Mithra- I mean, jesus.
June 28th, 2006 at 11:52 pm
But it might be that the only way to kill Voldemort is by dying. Harry may be the last of the horcruxes.
I wanted to see him go one to be a chartered accountant.
June 29th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
I hadn’t thought about harry being a horocrux. That’s some smart thinkign there, Bryan.
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