Imperius Curse/Harry's Instincts

[ashley1591284 at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 2701

In a message dated 10/2/00 6:16:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
HPforGrownups at egroups.com writes:

<< > Even after he'd been hideously tortured resisting the curse was easy
 > for Harry, even when the mighty Voldemort himself tried to use it on
 > him.'
 
 Well, he managed to resist it. I think it was far from easy for him, though.
 
 --Amanda >>

Actually, it seemed relatively easy, considering that the Imperius Curse had 
been used to control many very powerful adult wizards, and kept Barty Crouch 
Jr. at bay for years.  It seems instictive to Harry to resist the commands 
given to him, and he therefore has a very strong will.

<<  He immediately knows how to ride a broomstick better than Charlie 
Weasley , he can throw off the imperius curse after an hour or so of 
training, he knows right away that plunging the basilisk's fang into 
Riddle's diary will destroy it. And, as many of you remarked, he has 
thrown off the soul destroying effects of ten years of child abuse. 
    Whatever Lily was doing on the night she died, I don't think it 
can have been accidental.>>

I don't think that this is solely the result of some kind of magical 
protection bestowed upon him by Lily the night she died, if there is any 
connection at all.  I don't think that Lily did anything more than save Harry 
that night, and there was probably some deeper reason that he survived that 
we are currently unaware of.  In any case, it seems odd to attribute all of 
Harry's instincts and talents to some sort of spell his mother put on him, 
and it doesn't really do our hero justice.  
~Ashley