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So.... you think Harry should have been left to die in the end. Must you continue to say it, time and time and time again?

Rowling wrote what she wrote. You don't like the final chapters. So rip them out of your copy of the book and be done with it.

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So.... you think Harry should have been left to die in the end. Must you continue to say it, time and time and time again?

Rowling wrote what she wrote. You don't like the final chapters. So rip them out of your copy of the book and be done with it.

Yah, know, if "Rowlings" was really clever, she would have written two book sevens.

The one we have in hand, and one with a dead Harry in the end.

You know we'd all have to buy them both...

[Accygirl]

I thought that thinking for oneself and all is a good thing and something that I was encouraged to do in any high school literature class. Again, my right as a fan to point this out and disagree with other fans...

One of the disappointing things that I found about the series (and this post personifies that reaction) is that I think that hardcore Harry Potter fans think that everyone must think that everyone must react the same way they do. This is unhealthy because books are meant to be critiqued and debated.

In fact, I don’t think that a fourteen year old fan reading Harry Potter could really analyze the themes of the book or debate the books’ strengths and weaknesses... It doesn’t seem like they have any reaction beyond OMIGOD Harry Potter is the best or OMIGOD Ron and Hermione forever... squee!!

Rowlings did a good job getting children to read, but it seems that they’re unfortunately reading the books the same way they watch a sitcom on T.V. I think that unfortunately the ending (especially the ridiculous epilogue) pandered to this lazy reading style.