Which book does hedwig die

Rowling has stated before that she killed off Hedwig because her death was meant to represent the loss of innocence as Harry grew up and into adulthood and stared down some Death Eaters. As you know, everything quickly turns chaotic during the trip over London, and Hedwig is hit by a Killing Curse probably meant for Hagrid, who was traveling with Harry.

The Death Eater who dealt the fatal blow has never been identified, but one Tumblr user seems to have figured out just who was on the other end of the wand.

According to jomariewalker , it was Snape. With each new theory confirmed or debunked , all of us Potter-heads have steadily moved a wee bit closer to the magical world that we never wanted to leave behind in the first place.

And although it's been eight long years since the release of the final "Harry Potter" book and subsequently the deaths of some of our favorite characters, we still crave every last bit of closure we can get. What can we say? We're a fandom obsessed and we'll do anything to quell the curiosity that burns within us.

Of the many, many tragic HP character deaths we've had to endure, one that stood out for a long time was Hedwig's. In the summer of , they stayed at the Dursleys in Privet Drive again.

Vernon Dursley forced Harry to lock Hedwig in her cage, sometimes for weeks at a time to prevent Harry from sending messages to his "freaky little friends". Hedwig started to grow bored and frustrated, a feeling Harry mirrored. He felt forgotten by his friends and mused that Hedwig was the only proof he had that the wizarding world was real.

She noticed and hooted, waking Vernon up. Harry had to run to get her and put her in the car too. He later let her out, and Hedwig flew behind the car all the way to The Burrow. In subsequent summers, Hedwig's frustrated hooting convinced the Dursleys to allow Harry to let her out to fly, on the condition that he didn't use her to send messages.

However, Harry sometimes ignored this instruction. In the summer of , she took longer to get back to Privet Drive because she decided to fly to Hermione to get her birthday gift for Harry. On her way back, she had to help Errol get Ron's gift to Harry when he collapsed.

She later went back to Hermione to deliver Harry's letter to her, and in her absence he abandoned Privet Drive and went to the Leaky Cauldron. Hedwig was very intelligent, and knew the place she needed to go. She arrived at the pub a few minutes earlier than he did. In the build-up to the Second Wizarding War , Hedwig was constrained in what she could do for Harry, due to the fact that snowy owls aren't native to Britain, which made her conspicuous; this could potentially raise suspicions if onlookers witnessed a snowy owl always going back and forth from a specific location.

A specific instance of this was during Sirius Black 's evasion of the Ministry of Magic in Hedwig was keen to deliver messages, but Harry refused to put her at risk and this led to a minor falling out between them. In , Hedwig was attacked by associates of Dolores Umbridge in an effort to intercept Harry's mail, requiring Dobby and Professor Grubby-Plank to nurse her back to health.

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