JKR, Harry Potter, and the Nature of Evil

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No: HPFGUIDX 19726

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> > 
> > This is very interesting, and ties into an objection my brother 
had to the
> > books -- that he felt evil was consistently portrayed in the 
books as being
> > more powerful and more potent (even though not more desirable) 
than good.
> > He couldn't see how JKR could balance that out, even with three 
more books
> > to go.  

But JRK clearly indicates that good IS more powerful than evil, or 
else Harry would be dead. 

One of the reasons that I LOVE CoS (while everyone else does not)
is the ending.....there is every reason to believe that Voldemort
will triumph..he has fooled Ginny and everyone else......Harry is 
handicapped by Lockhart's treason, and is left to face Tom Riddle 
alone..

Yet his faith brings Falkes to him, and with help from Falkes and 
Dumbledore, courage (sheer grit), with right on his side, Harry 
triumphs and saves Ginny.

If this isn't good triumphing and being stronger than evil (not to 
mention the fact that V couldn't kill Harry) I don't know what is!

And, of course, in the real world, evil does prevail for a time.
Many, many good people have been destroyed by evil..look at the 
Holocaust, or the murder of civil rights leaders in our own country, 
for example....

Sometimes, you do the right thing and act with courage and you lose.
Our faith and hope and conviction is that right will triumph in the 
end, and I believe that JKR (and Lewis and Tolkien) agreed.

Susan