Average Harry?

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Ebony wrote:
> 
> This reminds me of the Matrix.  (Then again, so much does.)  The 
Oracle told 
> Neo that he was not the One.  Later events seemed to prove the 
Oracle wrong. 
>   Yet as another character told Neo, "She told you what you needed 
to hear." 
>   Prophets can be interesting folks.

Hello -
I'm not trying to be nitpicky, but the Oracle never said he wasn't the 
One.  She actually told him he had the "gift", but she never said "You 
are not the one".  She told him that who would die was his choice.  
Her prophecy, like many prophecies, was quite vague, leaving room for 
interpretation, and leaving Neo (see how stupid I am?  I thought he 
was Neal) to find strength within himself (and through love, just like 
HP) to really be the One.

Now if we look at HP, *choice* is a big thing.  Harry, too, seems to 
have a gift.  What he does with it is his choice, which is partly why, 
I think, so many millions of people love HP as they do.  That is much 
more realistic than the "You are the One" thing.  Harry is not driven 
by the idea that he is the "One" to defeat Voldemort.  He, like most 
of us, must make choices as he goes, and because of his inner strength 
that I admire so much, he tends to make good choices.  Or choices for 
Good - whatever.

--jenny from ravenclaw***********************************