What book character’s death hit you the hardest?
Warning Spoilers for series: Harry Potter, Divergent, Red Rising, and Anne of Green Gables 1. Denial: I kept waiting for Dumbledore in Harry Potter to show up alive. I thought he was tricking Voldemort. 2. Anger: When the J.K. Rowling killed Dobby and Hedwig, I was mad. It didn't have to go down like that. I was also angry about Tris dying in the Divergent series. 3. Bargaining: I always wanted to talk to the authors and ask them why? Maybe they could rewrite it if I give them chocolate? (LOL) Veronica Roth has been clear she wrote Divergent the way she did and felt it was the only way to end it. I'm not sure what Rowling would say, but she can't change it now that is has been permanently etched on film. 4. Depression: I cried when Matthew died in the Anne of Green Gables series. I got a little depressed when Ragnar died in Red Rising series too. I think of Matthew like my grandpa. He had a good life and it was his time to go. I didn't deny, get angry, or bargain, because life has it's phases, but that doesn't mean I wasn't sad. 5. Acceptance: Unlike real people & my fuzzy family members (Walter, Tigger, & Hobbes), I can eventually accept a fictional character's death and move on to another book. The real ones will always leave a hole in my heart. I think the tears we cry over fictional characters come from the pain we feel from actual people/pets in our lives who have passed. We often find the empathy and sympathy to deal with our pain from books. Characters teach us to mourn or maybe to forget our own grief while we focus on someone else's. Books are more than just fantastical stories. They are lessons on how to move forward through the depths of our sorrow. They are the escape from a world that isn't always kind or comforting.
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