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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3115601" data-attributes="member: 307">I still think you are completely off-base here.[sblock]First off, the Oz books are not, and really have never been, the right comparison. Roald Dahl's books are more in line with the Harry Potter universe. BUt that is neither here nor there.Basically, having the books end with Voldemort winning, and having won already by the end of Book Six, would make for a really lousy story. It would kill the series, destroy books sales for Book Seven, and probably eliminate any significant market for the books in the future. Good children's book series last forever, as new generations of children are given them by their parents to read. Susan Cooper wrote The Dark Is Rising, and the rest of books in her series in the sixties, and they are still in print. Madeline L'Engle's books have had similar durability. Laura Ingalls Wilder's books have lasted even longer.But writing a Book Seven in a way that make Voldemort "already have won" by the end of Book Six (or having Voldemort win at all) would kill this. Most readers would react badly to such an outcome. Word of mouth would destroy the books current sales, and then kids who have read the series as they came out wouldn't bother to hand their kids copies in fifteen years. Rowling would be shooting herself in the foot.Plus, I think you are reading way too much into Harry's desire not to return to Hogworts in the upcoming year. First off, you assume that he won't, which I think is a dubious assumption. Each year events have conspired to get Harry to Hogworts on schedule and more or less in one piece. The bulk of the characters built up over six books are there, and avoiding the location will simply toss those characters aside for no real good reason. I think that Harry will decide to be back, probably after, say, Dumbeldore's painting, McGonegal, and Hagrid point out that trying to fight Voldemort on his own without completeing his education probably won't work.Second, I think you take Harry's proactive decision ("I'm going to go out and get Voldemort") far too negatively. Deciding to hunt down and confront your enemy is not necessarily despair, it could very well be determination and courage. Look at it this way: every time Harry has confronted Voldemort (or his minions) up until now, it has been at a time and place of their choosing, not his. And yet he has survived every time, and even dealt them setbacks. Perhaps if he chooses the time and place for the fight, things will go differently.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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