Harry the martyr/Harry the killer

[Justin Raines]

No: HPFGUIDX 14018

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> >I love Harry so.  It would break my heart if he had to die.
> 
> Truer words never spoken!  Only at this site would I proudly admit 
how 
> in love with Harry Potter I am (and I mean Harry Potter himself).  
The 
> thought of Harry dying is painful (and JKR herself has alluded to 
> that) and might change my feelings about the books (as I did when I 
> read the last installment of the Narnia series - I think I've even 
> mentioned that before).  So I won't dwell on the death of Harry.
> 
> I think something that Harry has had to deal with in his life so 
far 
> is GUILT.  He is alive when his parents aren't, he has money when 
his 
> best friend doesn't, and he had to witness the murder of an 
innocent 
> and very good person while he, once again, lived.  JKR could very 
well 
> use that angle, by having someone important to Harry die to save 
him, 
> yet again, from Voldie.  Dumbledore (the only wizard other than 
Harry 
> Voldie is afraid of) is my favorite (and also heartbreaking) 
> candidate.  Yet there is another that is quite wonderfully 
> complicated...
> 
> Severus Snape.  We know he is NOT bad, yet we all love to hate him 
for 
> and with Harry.  Wouldn't it just blow us away if Snapey was the 
one 
> to help vanquish Voldemort after all - and lose his own life in the 
> process?  Just like we all dislike certain people but wouldn't wish 
> death on them, Harry would have a lot to deal with if Snape died 
while  
> helping Harry.
> 
> Somehow, I can't see Ron or Hermione dying - neither is powerful 
> enough to really take on Voldie - though Hermione comes close.  And 
we 
> know Pettigrew still owes Harry big time, and we also kinda know 
he'll 
> pay up.  
> 
> I'll stick with Snape, thank you very much.

I agree completly with these theories.  Harry's humility is one of 
his most endearing qualities, despite his fame.  I think that this 
trait comes from his feelings of guilt and remorse from the reasons 
you mentioned.  I think you are absolutly correct about Snape, 
Wormtail and Dumbledore being involved in Harry's salvation, and I am 
waiting to see how it will all play out.  There are several different 
possibilities, but think one or more of them might have to die to 
save Harry.  I can't really see him killing Voldie, or being killed 
by him.  Harry symbolizes Hope and Innocence in these books and I 
find it difficult to believe JKR will let him be killed...

Justin