Eventually, but not when Harry needed his friends the most.

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That's so sad. I was heartbroken and crushed when Hedwig died. That was one of the moments where I closed the book and reflected before I started to read again. I don't want them showing Hedwig when she finally passes, I just want Harry to yell her name or something.

i wonder if that's where JKR got the idea for Harry to have catch the snitch with his mouth. if Hedwig was originally to have caught it, then what she would be using would be her beak.

When I read the last book I almost cry when Hedwig dies!!! was so painful!!! Hedwig was his best friend....

Oh! Jk you've a great imagination, first hedwig, then the mouth....

the openng chapters of DH were overwhelming with Hedwig's death particulalry difficult to comprehend (but necesary in the overall scheme of things).

i was absolutely heartbroken when she died so suddenly...

Hedwig's death was a tough thing for me to get over, as well as some of my other favourite characters that had passed away in the book. Hedwig was just a character that was there from pretty much the beginning. She was Harry's first friend really and the way that Jo made it hurt for Harry made it hurt for me and I'm sure many more the same.

when I first read about Hedwig getting killed I just thought, "No, that can't be possible! I porbably read it wrong." but after I read it again I was in a flood of tears

JK has a good imagination

i don't think it was necessary to kill hedwig off...
it was sad. along with the other deaths... minus Snape

i was upset, i had to read it twice to confirm what was written

dont really understand ''it was time to kill her earlier''...i mean why kill her at all?
I dont really think it made any difference to the plot/story if she lived or died. Hedwig was only just ''fluttering'' around a wardrobe or in her cage most of the time.

it was almost like an unnecessary pain that JK caused, just because it felt like Harry was definately, finally, the most lonely person in the world.
I was waiting for Harry's meltdown, atleast when dobby died :S

god..when she died, i just started crying, cuz i resently lost a pet that was also sortof my only friend at a hard time..like hedwig to harry..and i was like "wait..what? does that mean..is she..?? shes dead?!?!? NOO!!" and i dont get the snitch thing!! did hedwig touch the snitch first?



yea, me to
!! i couldt believe it!

That's really interesting-but I think it was better that Hedwig died-it kind of symbolises Harry growing up.

yeah...I agree with you

Aw, poor Hedwig I cried when she died, I felt like that pain was only there to make Harry (and me) suffer more

I had to read it twice too, because her death was so sudden. I was shocked!

Aww poor Hedwig.

*tear*
Poor Hedwig. I feel sad again just thinking about it. I remember after I read it being pretty shocked. And then the tears started to fall. And they got worse when I thought that Hagrid had died.
I'm surprised now at how emotional I was reading Deathly Hallows.

But back to the article, lol, I'm surprised that Hedwig was the original snitch catcher. Why would she have even been on a Quidditch pitch? Hmm...

that is very sad, but if you think about it it is quite logical...i guess. If harry wanted to open the snitch hedwig would of had to die. Very sad, but interesting theory.

That's so sad!!! I couldn't believe it when I read the book!

Can you imagine Harry carting Hedwig around on his travels? That would not have been convincing or easy.
She was going to but when that changed Jo realised Hedwig did not have to live to the end of DH.

Well, it is outdoors.