I think those who had seen death (Harry, Luna, Neville), could sense there was something beyond the veil, judging by their reactions in the book. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny werent nearly as entranced by it as the other three, and I think their direct relationship to death was the reason (as was why they could see Thestrals as well).

yea i thought so 2

The last part is amazing, the whole death thing. I think I'll go and read the full article

i'm sure Ron's character is a bit deeper "than a beer"! Besides being loyal, honest & brave, having grown up with magic Ron is perhaps aware that there are a lot of unknown magical things that should be avoided, whereas Hermione & Harry growing up in the muggle world perhaps (at this point and the story) don't fully understand that not all magic is good!

That's like....really roughly translated. I wish all of those articles and interviews were really translated into English!

The Veil has always been a little fuzzy in my mind. I'll have to do a bit more research on it.

I wouldn't've thought that Quiddich would be one of the major factors keeping Jo from writing more books. I really don't understand why she hates writing Quiddich so much! Why??

I thought Ginny did hear some voices too? I need to read it again.
But anyways, it's all very well JKR talking about the trio's reactions to the veil, but she really should tell us a lot more about it. I still don't understand why Harry didn't ask anyone about it in book 6. So many unanswered questions still!

I thought people could only hear the voices if they have seen death

I think bc Harry and Luna had known death they therefore didn't fear it and were more open to the veil, the others however still had some hope and fear therefore to them it was too much to fathom. I don't thin it is like the thestrals in the literal sense, I just think bc they had seen it, it wasn't as scary to grasp.

and if JK wrote anything further, I think a series of shorter stories, maybe geared toward younger kids and written to help kids learn to read, and maybe about the next generation, would be awesome and beneficial. She is all about promoting literacy, why not write some books for beginner readers. I know my son would read them!!!

Either way I loved all the books, and think if she stopped I have closure so... Go JK!!

I still don't understand the problem with her writing Quidditch and if she doesn't like writing it that much then why not just take it out? Oh well.

The part about the Death Chamber is interesting.

As I understood it in the book, and several other books that analyze it to bits, the killing of Sirius happens when he falls thru the veil. We dont know the curse that actually hit him. We arent told the color of the jet of light, so if it were green - avada kedavra - and if it were red - stunning curse. But we are not told that info in the book. Harry and Luna hear voices, and, of course, they would, as a parent(s) had died. Hermione, as one would expect, did not trust the veil and wanted to protect harry from getting near it because she did not trust it. Ron seemed almost impervious to it. Very curious, indeed, this veil. And a great source of sadness to have lost his god father.

why is it that all the good stuff doesnt appear in english interviews?

i thought of it the same way. and one would never expect Hermione to hear it since she's always been a skeptic. i always thought that the reason why Hermione couldnt hear the voices behind the veal is pretty much the same reason she never understood Divination: she never takes anything on "faith", "to see is to believe" is pretty much her motto.

that bit about the veil just makes you understand the characters more. I'd be scared too if I couldn't hear anything behind it and others do...

i hope she writes and 8th book it would be great.

how interesting

Nice one!

I thought that too.

Hmm, interesting about the Veil.
But I wonder why she hates writing about Quidditch so much?

interesting....

quidditchis cool, though

Isn't it that you can only hear the voices if you have seen death?
Just like the Thestrals.
So Ron & Hermione weren't able to hear the because neither of them have faced death.
But Harry has seen Cedric dying and Luna her mom and they were able to hear them

I hope she writes 'an after life'
I mean a book where you'll know what Hermione,Harry,Ron have become and stuff.

merrrrrr no answers still kthx.

she said one of the things thats keeping her from pushing through with writing an 8th book is that she doesnt want to do Quidd