It sounds like you suffered from "negative build up". All the discussion of the death probably made you think it was something big and important, and it is... not the actual death itself, but its psychological impact on Harry, and on the series as an event. It's such a big thing that I almost forgot four people die in Goblet: Frank Bryce, Bertha Jorkins, Mr. Crouch and then Cedric. I think it's that we're told about the first three deaths, but Cedric's death happens right there. I agree with Dezzie: it shows that Voldemort is someone to be feared. He's utterly ruthless. It made me realise how lucky Harry is to have survived three encounters with him, let alone without his wand. The encounter in the graveyard is actually the first time Harry faces Voldemort with a wand!
Dezzie, were you really bored and disappointed? I was shocked. And devastated, too.
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on 2006-01-02 09:48 pm (UTC)Dezzie, were you really bored and disappointed? I was shocked. And devastated, too.