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 Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:05 pm
Hello Everyone. I know there are threads about your favorite chapters and what you thought of the deaths in the seventh book. What I want to know is if you all thought the books all fit together. I know some complained of the endind a bit. (Me included) Did you think that JK tied up the series well. I also know that some thought it ended too happy. I thought at first it would be that way if Harry didn't die(I wasn't killing Ron or Hermione), it really turned out good the way she did it. I also like how she ended the series by letting Harry accomplish a goal, you could say, of getting over his scar and having a true family. So what did you all think. I would really like to know.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:10 pm
I personally thought the series tied together as well as can be expected. I mean, she wrote seven incredibly complicated books. There are a lot of people who complain about things that don't fit, but you have to remember: it's impossible to remember to the exact detail what you've already done. Think about it, when you write a paper for an english class, and you lose it, are you able to write a new onw exactly like the one you wrote before?
I also think that the ending was a good ending, it just had a few holes. I was happy with the ending, and how JK handled Voldemort. I was unimpressed with the epilouge, however. IF she were going to make more Harry Potter books, about their lives afte Voldemort, it would have worked. However, since after finishing the seventh book, she means not to write anymore (except the encylopedia), it was a bad ending because it left everyone wanting more and asking quetions that won't be answered. Yeah, she answered them in an interview, but that's beside the point. Any questions raised by the book would be better answered by the book.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:35 pm
Can't say much more then that!
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:46 pm
I agree! Although the only thing that I have a beef with is her killing off Tonks and Remus - originally they were supposed to have lived and Mr. Weasley dying. [url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20001720/]MSNBC Interview[/url] J.K. Rowling: Well, I swapped him for someone else, and I don't want to say who for the people who haven't-- read. But I-- I made a decision as I went into writing Phoenix that I was going to reprieve Mr. Weasley and I was going to kill someone else. And if you finish the book, I-- I expect you probably know and someone else who is a father. And I wanted there to be an echo of-- of Harry's loss of parents. And you probably know who I'm talking about if you've finished the book. But-- so there are two characters who are killed in (book) Seven. So Mr. Weasley did get attacked, as you know, in Five. But he would have died if I'd have stuck to the original plan. But he survived. I had to keep him alive partly-- partly because I couldn't bear to kill him. Meredith Vieira: But there were two that weren't supposed to die that did end up dying. J.K. Rowling: Yeah, yeah. I swapped them for Mr. Weasley. But they didn't then die until Seven. Meredith Vieira: So as an author, then, there were certain characters you couldn't bear to part with? J.K. Rowling: Well, yeah. If there's one character I couldn't bear to part with, it's Arthur Weasley. And I think part of the reason for that is there were very few good fathers in the book. In fact, you could make a very good case for Arthur Weasley being the only good father in the whole series. Now, I understand that Mr. Weasley was a good father - I did like him as a character.. But the logic is all wrong! To kill of another set of parents (Tonks and Remus) just because you like someone else doesn't make sense. How do you know that Remus wouldn't have been a good father - he has all the makings of one (except for his monthly visit). And Tonks was a fantastic high spirited woman. I would have been happy not knowing that they got killed for Mr. Weasley.
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:00 pm
True but I like how she tried to reflect it off of Harry's story. One of Harry's dreams was that someone didn't have to have the life he did. So when Tonks and Lupin died, he accomplished that goal with being a good godfather toTeddy. That's how I see it.
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