The meaning of death

[Mint]

Am I dreaming or was it one of the things JK Rowling said was gonna be discussed in book 5?

She said there will be new physical area AND meaning of death, no?

Like why some people turn into ghosts and some won't.

[Broccoli]

Yes, thats what I found at HPL site:
"In book five [Harry] has to examine exactly what death means, in even closer ways." (RadioCBC 'This Morning' Interview, October 2000)

[Sacred Guardian]

yeah, i'm pretty sure that was confirmed a while ago

[Neo]

confirmed long while ago

[Holly Golightly]

I alwyas assumed that the reason that he would be examining what death means is because a 'special' fan of his was going to die!

I just guessed that it would be someone close to him, which makes him think about what death means...

[Neo]

I think it will be in one of more ways, his fans, the explanation of his parents dead, and who know what else.

[Holly Golightly]

Ohh,. poor Harry, he's had a pretty tormented life, hasn't he!!! And now he's going to be surrounded by all this death, and pondering it's meaning!!! Poor boy!

[Neo]

Harry has great chance of becoming a ghost, as it seems.

[Holly Golightly]

Hrmm, so maybe he dies and continues on in the next books as a ghost...

Okies, so that was a crappy theory...

I really hope that doesnt' hapen!

[Neo]

lol ; that would be very strange, imagine the next book, "Harry Potter and his adventues as a ghost" (okay I couldn't think of anything better)

[Holly Golightly]

DD: Harry, I am going to tell you something that I should ahve told you five years ago... you are really died during your encounter with Voldemort during your first year here, adn have been wandering around as a ghost ever since...



OOh, but wait, what if this special friend, sorry fan, of Harry's dies in a very tormented way, and comes back as a ghost... and this is why DD tells Harry, or just whoever, explains the reason that some people become ghosts and others dont???

*how tied in was that theory??? *

[Mint]

I think it will be in one of more ways, his fans, the explanation of his parents dead, and who know what else.

you think so?

At first I thoght that JKR is gonna explain to us the meaning of death as in why and how. ANd then I figured it just meant "meaning" as in what you have to go through. Like what it means to have your close friend die or smth.

I prefer the first theory of course![/u]

[Holly Golightly]

I just always assumed it was the second...

[Neo]

I think that dead around Harry's life has a lot of variants; it says in even closer ways, so there most be more than one.[/u]

[ElvenMist]

i think book V is going to be alot darker than anything we've read so far. well, that's practically a given, but i mean, i think it's seriously going to be darker. i mean, someone important is going to die! and voldemort's back, bigger and more powerful than before. ha, i wonder what OotP will be rated if/when it's made intoa movie!