Gautam Mukunda wrote: > I have to admit that I _was_ a little surprised by who > died. I thought right up until the final battle that > it would be Hagrid - and by the time the battle > started I was too caught up in it to even remember > that someonme was supposed to die. I agree that it > didn't, for some reason, have much emotional resonance > for me either - not the death, anyways, although much > else that Harry goes through does, often enough.
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought the choice of who would die became obvious soon into the book. The character suddenly started displaying emotional imbalance, was removed from action, every indication was given that Harry himself preferred to keep this character at a distance...Rowling left no reason for the continued existence of this character. If that didn't make it obvious enough, there was that grating ploy, that pathos inducing gift, accompanied by a portentous message. She had actually made it so obvious that I would have been surprised had anyone else been killed. Ritu _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
