European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 scene stars and stripes books july 2007 i o c g 9l o x 0 0 q speculation Well some say potters death would make mythological sense Brace Harry Potter no matter How desperate you Are for Harry to some experts in classic literature and mythology say that finishing off the Young wizard would make sense in a literary kind of Rowling has never shied from darkness in her phenomenally successful series it started with the murder of harrys continued through his discovery that an evil wizard was trying to destroy and has included pain and torture and the deaths of major Shes already promised two deaths in the seventh and final Harry Potter and the deathly com ing out july and has refused to commit to Harry but she  kill Harry could she she  do would she if you look at the tradition of the epic hero there is this sort of pattern that the hero delivers people to the promised land but does not see it said Lana professor of English at Ferrum College in Ferrum pointing out examples from King Arthur to Moses to greek mythology has plenty of exam like who was killed at the height of his said Mary a retired classics professor who taught at Wellesley College in theres no Long Promise of Happi she you May have Brief moments of and then the dark Ness and dont be fooled into thinking a Happy ending is automatic just because the main characters Are said Anne Collins assistant professor of philosophy and classical studies at Stephen Austin state University in just because its childrens literature Doest mean it cant have very dark Harry Potter fans worldwide wait for Book 7 with feverish and perhaps a Little fear that their favorite characters will be killed Paul Pioneer press predictions but no one knows for sure what will happen in Book 7 of the Harry Potter events in she University of Texas at others Arent saying that i dont get the sense that Rowl Rowlings Story about Harry and his ing has set us up for that kind of Sacri adventures is less influenced by classical he the first six books mythology than it is by other storytelling Haven Given a sense of that tragedy to its generally Philip an associate professor of whited acknowledges that Reader English at Connecticut said outrage would be High if Harry Rowling was part of a tradition of British and that it might seem cruel to younger writers like Edith writing stories who Arent familiar with classic where children Are the focus and have literary Story grand since Harry is about to finish his years at Ray i think it would be very unusual for a Book like this to kill off the main character at a time when Hes about to Grad uate from the books Are about harrys development into a Young Ray for Rowling to have put Harry Potter through All seven volumes just to kill him the Point of All development would be Ray death strikes me As being the strangest ending of and even though the series has a dark aspect to Rowling Hast set it up in such a Way that Harry paying the in sure Rowling would get some just because its childrens literature Doest mean it cant have very dark events in Anne Collins assistant professor of philosophy and classical Stephen Austin state University howlers if Harry Potter did not she but even if he dont be surprised if its a hard fought she another aspect of the classic hero myth is that even if he its not without some there Are always Compro Mises along the she if i i w Ivy ii ultimate Price would make said Harry Doest one of his friends Tim who teaches English at the Usa today bestsellers key of fiction a nonfiction hardcover paperback lean mean thirteen by Janet Evanovich Fth a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini Fth Safe Harbor by Christine Feehan up the secret diaries of miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn up country brides by Debbie Macomber up the secret by Rhonda Byrne nah twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich up Bungalow 2 by Danielle steel Fth fool me once by 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