Who is Harry Potter? (long)

[Sharon Lee Baker]

No: HPFGUIDX 9382

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Amy " <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
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> I have been thinking a lot about the question of who or what Harry 
> really is.  Why is he so important that Voldemort wanted to kill 
him 
> when he was only 15 months old?

> What do you think?
> 
> Amy Z

I don't think Voldemort trying to kill Harry so young necessarily 
means Harry is special or implies some kind of special prophecy.  If 
I were an evil wizard, I would want to destroy the progeny of two of 
my strongest adversaries.  

I got the impression from the books that James and Lily were both 
very strong wizards.  Therefore, any offspring they had could be 
considered a threat by Voldemort.  In fact, any strong wizard, 
whether good or bad is a threat to Voldemort.  He does not want to 
share power in any way.  Even if Harry grew up to be a bad wizard, he 
is a threst to Voldemort's power.  It's best to just get the boy out 
of the way from the beginning rather than waiting until he was 
trained.  In the "current day" of the books Voldemort is still trying 
to destroy Harry before he is fully trained because it is always 
preferable to nullify an enemy when he is weak.

My current theory is that Harry is special.  He is especially 
powerful.  Just like Voldemort is.  Harry is not especially good or 
fated to do anything in paticular.  He just represents too much of a 
risk for Voldemort to ignore.  Especially after his first disasterous 
attempt to destroy Harry.

Well, there's my two cents.  

Sharon L B
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