[HPforGrownups] so what *was* crucial? (was End of an Era)

[Michi]

No: HPFGUIDX 21047


--- Rosmerta <tmayor at mediaone.net> wrote:

> But character-developmentwise (or, nicelier put,
> Harrywise), I guess 
> it would be his meeting Voldemort face to face (no
> pun intended re: 
> Quirrel's turban in SS/PS). But maybe more crucial
> is Harry's direct 
> witnessing of the death of innocents at Voldemort's
> hand? I think 
> Harry's more afraid of this--hurting innocent people
> and more 
> personally people who love him--than he is of losing
> his life, one-on-
> one, to Voldemort

I think you've got a very important point there. Harry
has always known the consequences of what Voldemort is
capable of ~ it's burned into his forehead and the
fact that he has no parents ~ but I think Cedric's
death really brings the full reality. Harry can't
escape it -- not that he's really tried -- and
Cedric's death is going to continue to have an effect
on him.

Harry's going to have to make a conscious decision --
if he hasn't already -- on what he's going to do about
Voldemort. He knows the consequences now, that people
can and have died and most likely will continue to
die. He's going to have to deal with death as it comes
closer and closer to him -- perhaps in the death of
someone very close to him, but I think we've discussed
that one enough ^.-

Michi

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