2006-07-16 00:25:47 · 15 answers · asked by samy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
As much as I don't like it, I think it is totally possible that J.K. Rowling might kill off Harry. If you remember the article, she said that there is a good side to killing off your main character. When she is dead and gone, no one will be able to come back and write Harry because he already died; it would be satisfactory to know that no one will come back and take over you masterpiece.
Here is a list of people besides Harry that I think might perish.
Ron: Besides being Harry's best mate, we haven't really seen him prove himself in times of danger and battle. He showed his strengths back in Book 1 when during the giant chess match during the hunt for the Philosopher's Stone. There is a theory that Ron will sacrifice himself for Harry in the final match against Voldemort.
Pettigrew: Do I have to explain it? Let's see... He betrayed the Potters, he helped Voldemort get his body back, and is an all-around bad guy. I think it's time to go, and that the life-debt that he has to Harry will be involved somehow.
Draco: I think that apart from being "bad", Draco is really a tragic character. His family are Death Eaters. He's got a lot to live up to. I got the kind of feeling that he was forced in the Book 6 to serve Voldemort. All the stress he underwent, the frustration, the anxiety... I mean, the poor boy was misguided. Remember that he is only about 17. People can make horrible mistakes when they are at that age. Unfortunately in Draco's case, it might cost him his life. He's in too deep.
Professor Trelawney: I think there is a possibility of her death in Book 7. She's always predicting how people will die, and seeing strange, dark omens everywhere. I think that is a kind of subtle foreshadowing. She sees death everywhere, why can't it be hers? I just wonder how this would play out, and how important it would be to the actual plot.
Percy: Hmm... Anyone sure which side he is really on?
Who will get a reprieve? (JKR said in a very recent interview that she gave a certain character a reprieve from dying) I have an inkling that it is one of the Dursleys.... or Snape.
2006-07-16 06:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by Demeter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It could go either way. We all know Voldemort will definitely die but only JKR knows whether or not Harry will also die putting an end to him. She has expressed an opinion that she liked the idea of killing Harry off so no-one could rip him off in the future and it would also put an end to people nagging her for more books.
JKR has always portrayed war quite realistically in her novels, show how good people and even children can die at the hands of evil, so it's not out of the realm of possibility that Harry, Ron or Hermione will croak.
2006-07-16 02:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by starchilde5 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the prophecy in the room at the ministry of magic, both can't live together at the same moment in time after 7 years. One has to kill the other and the one who kills will live on. Harry would be the one who kills Voldemort, no doubts about that. How else we are going to have a nice old " lived happily after" unless Rowling plans to unfictionalise the whole story by killing Harry because that is what happens in the real world.
2006-07-16 01:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by qualittee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an alternate solution. Remember that the prophecy did not specify Harry was the one who would kill Voldemort? It stated that a child born on the last day of July would be the one, and after Harry was attacked and survived, everyone assumed it would be him. Especially since the other boy born on that date, Neville Longbottom, didn't show any aptitude for magic. But now Neville is getting to be quite a fighter against the dark arts himself, and he has as much reason, if not more, to hate Voldemort. Harry lost his parents when he was one--Neville has to see what Voldemort did to his regularly. I think it will be Neville who kills Voldemort and who dies with him.
2006-07-17 02:02:33 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Harry will kill Voldemort, but I really hope that he doesn't die with him. That would anger so many fans if she killed Harry off. It would end the series on a depressing note, to have the boy wizard we've all come to love die either after he defeated Voldemort or while trying to defeat him.
2006-07-26 08:43:07 · answer #5 · answered by Kahne Fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, I can see Neville being involved some way - I think all through, Harry might be a ruse, and Neville is the chosen one (according to the prophecy) - it would be a nice twist to end the series on!
2006-07-16 00:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by lagunium 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...Voldemort "marked Harry as his equivalent", no longer Neville. possibly he will help in some way, yet i'm useful he won't kill Voldemort. possibly between the justifications that JKR delivered that up interior the books replace into to instruct yet another connection to Voldemort. (He chosen the guy with the "inpure" background, , like himself, particularly of Neville, who has a "organic" background). Who somewhat understand what is going to ensue interior the top? i'm only particularly useful that Neville won't kill Voldemort.
2016-11-02 03:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Harry Potter dies then how would the author make more millions?
2006-07-16 00:30:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the ultimate question isn't it?
I pray it won't happen but I think it's inevitable.
The prophecy is something like "neither shall live while the other survives" right?
How can one live if the other is dead then? Anyone else read it like that?
2006-07-16 04:04:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Harry will be resurrected in the 8th book.
Ooopps. I wasn't meant to reveal that.
2006-07-16 00:34:05 · answer #10 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋