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Originally Posted by caffinated_geek
I saw JK on the jonathan ross show last night and I got the impression that she'd killed harry off. Near the end of the interveiw he asked her if she'd write another harry poter book and she said the next book brings harrys story to a clear end but that she might write more about that world. I think the only way she could be sure of not writting anymore harry potter books is if she'd killed him off.
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She's been saying ever since the first book was published that there would only be seven. She says she doesn't want to end up writing Harry Potter And The Midlife Crisis. It's about not wanting the thing to become overdone rather than plot necessity, I think.
It would certainly make a lot of narrative sense to kill Harry, but I don't think it would make thematic sense at all. The book, like so many, is about the triumph of love against all odds. We have already seen how it can overcome death. Killing Harry would actively work against the series main themes, thereby screwing up the message of the books. So it would be pointless. I am prepared to admit it
could happen, but I would bet a modest amount that she won't kill him. She might go to good lengths to have us believe she will, but I don't think she will.