[HPforGrownups] Re: killing voldemort/ polyjuice affecting personality?dumbledore cold&calculating?

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 14322

MMMfanfic at hotmail.com wrote:

> I like the poetic justice thing but it just seems, as somebody said,
> taking the easy way out.  Like it or not, in real life, evil *usually*
> doesn't cause its own downfall.  It does require actions (somtimes
> cruel actions) to curb evil.  But I guess it all up to JKR.

I've been following this thread with interest. I think that Harry may
indeed kill Voldemort, but I think there will be a vital difference from
killing as V. and the DeathEaters do it---Harry will understand the
burden he has taken on by taking another life. He will understand it and
decide that not killing Voldemort would hurt too many people.

This is similar to what a lot of soldiers in WWII had to go through, the
ones who weren't content with excusing their actions as "under orders."
They understood they were personally responsible for the deaths they
were causing, but also understood the bigger picture and judged that the
price they paid was worth the larger goal.

What I'm saying is that nothing JKR has written is simple. I've loved
the searches for "tags," be they red hair or color of spell or initials.
I don't think her themes are simple either. The end may well justify the
means---depending on the end and the means. It will be a choice of
Harry's, I think, and the choice will not be whether or not to be a
killer, but rather whether or not to act to save others. It will be a
difficult choice if saving others involves killing. But by that time, I
believe Harry will have matured into a person who could face that choice
as a real selection of options, not a foregone conclusion.

--Amanda


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