by saman » 12/5/2004, 7:42 pm
i dunno. i don't think harry will die either, because according to the prophecy, either voldemort or harry will die, and if voldemort lives and harry dies then voldemort will probably come to power, and it's probably safe to bet that that won't happen because it's a really bad way to end a series. but jk rowling keeps trying very hard not to say that harry will live in the end, so what's going to happen is probably going to be really unexpected and probably something most people won't be able to guess.
also, yeah, you can expect a lot of people to die now the second war's started, but you also have to keep in mind that the book is narrated by harry and the readers see everything from his personal view. so if, say, ron, hermione, or hagrid dies, i think it'll probably have a bigger impact than if someone else dies
oh, wait. maybe it's not dean after all. i dunno, he is half-blood, though he always thought he was muggle-born, because his father never told his mother that he was a wizard, but on jkrowling.com, jk rowling says that she sacrificed dean's history for neville's, and that dean's history will probably never make it into the books.