Possible Discrepancy in PS & Voldemort's Defeat

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 18133

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., nera at r... wrote:
> I think the reason that Harry does not defeat him in the first two 
> meetings is that Voldemort can not be destroyed totally, in his 
> present states at those meetings.
>
This makes sense.  It also links in with the fact that it was 
necessary to Dumbledore's plans to have Voldemort use Harry's blood.  
The blood, as discussed before, could render Voldemort more human, 
and therefore more vulnerable, meaning that he is now in a state 
whereby he can be totally defeated.
 
> In the end, I think that Ron will most certainly either be killed 
or 
> gravely wounded, and this will be the force that drives Harry to 
> destroy Voldemort. I realize that Voldemort did kill Harry's 
parents 
> and deprive him of a normal life with these parents, but I don't 
> think this, alone, is enough to enrage him to rise up against 
> Voldemort. It is just my own theory. Harry has lived his whole life 
> without his parents, thereby never getting to know them and love 
them 
> the way that he would have if they had raised him. I just don't 
think 
> that his anger about the deaths of parents he never knew is strong 
> enough for that kind of retaliation. I do, however, think that if 
> Harry were to witness the death of his best friend at the hands of 
> Voldemort, that it would create the kind of fury which would be 
> necessary to seek revenge by destroying Voldemort.
> 
> Whoops! I certainly trailed off the subject here. Sorry.
> Doreen

You could be right about Ron - but my feeling is that it could 
equally be Hermione, Hagrid - anyone who Harry cares deeply about.  
This lead me on to thinking that the person most vulnerable from 
Voldemort in this instance would be Sirius.  This is purely because 
Harry has always had to live without the love and guidance of his 
parents - and in GoF we see him leaning more and more on Sirius - who 
is, afterall, the Potters' choice as Harry's guardianship.  If 
Voldemort takes Sirius away from Harry, as he did his parents, then 
this also may give Harry the impetus he needs to destroy Voldemort.  
I hope not though, as I am a very serious member of the Sirius 
fanclub!

Catherine