Harry...a murderer

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Jenny from Ravenclaw" <lilymumu2001 at y...> 
wrote:
> T wrote:
> >I was so upset when Harry killed Quirrel in the movie, rather than 
> having Dumbledore save him at the last minute, and Voldie leave 
> Quirrel to die.  It makes Harry an 11-yr. old murderer, and thats 
just 
> OOC..think Pettigrew.  So what does everyone else think?>
> 

My main problem with this is not that he did it, but how the rest of 
the movie treated it.

In the book, he only thinks he is blistering Quirrel - JUST keeping 
him off him. He didn't know that he would die should Voldemort be 
forced from him, he's told later by Dumbledore.

But in the movie he watches Quirrell's hands break away. He looks at 
his own hands. He has the moment where he realizes what will happen 
when he touches Quirrell with his hands. And he decides to do it. He 
knows he is going to kill him.

While I still think he made the right decision, and that it was self-
defense, this is a TREMENDOUS change in Harry's character. He just 
got a hell of a lot more agressive - understandably so, of course. 
And afterwards he's right back to the same old Harry...it does 
nothing to suggest that he's different having actively killed 
someone...whereas in the book, its "Voldemort left him to die," and 
it's not really clear of H. killed him or V.'s leaving killed him. 

Then again, it could be that Harry's touch forced Voldemort out of 
that part of Quirrell, and departing with Voldemort caused his 
hopeless shell of existence to break away. Could be Voldy anyway. But 
Harry still did make that decision.

M.