Harry's Putative Death

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Lilac <lilac_bearry at y...> wrote:
> 
> Ravenclaw Ba said:
> <<<I believe that I read that JKR said in an interview that anyone 
who was 
> familiar with Christian theology knows what's going to happen to 
Harry.  
> If anyone can find the source, I'd be grateful.>>>
>  
> 
> Hmmmm....I would be interested to read that interview as well.  
Does this imply that Harry is a Christ figure, who will sacrifice 
himself and die to save all wizard and muggle-kind, but then rises 
again?  I think I could live with that, if he does "have" to die.    
Does this mean a betrayal is in the future?  Who would his Judas be?  
Does this mean Fudge will order his demise because of political 
pressure from Lucias Malfoy or the like, and then wash his hands of 
the whole thing, like Pilate?  I never thought of the HP series in 
these terms before because JKR hasn't had blatant Christian symbolism 
(ala CS Lewis "Narnia" series) in the series.  Very interesting.....
> 
> Lilac   
 

For some reason this post put me in mind of the movie "Last 
Temptation of Christ" and made me wonder if perhaps Harry somehow 
wouldn't be tempted by Voldemort into accepting a "normal life" 
instead of fufilling his destiny to destroy him.

But I don't think that exactly falls under Christian theology and I 
know Rowling seems to have a distain for using fate as her characters 
motivation. 

It would make an interesting fan fiction though.;)

-Olivia Grey