Lily, Harry, and Voldemort's demise

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 42145

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Kiyari6 <Kiyari6 at y...> wrote:

> The fact that Lilly gave her life for Harry
> must have given him some protection, but I don't
> believe it was enough to have saved his life.  

Now me:

I agree. In the beginning of PS/SS, when McGonagall asks 
Dumbledore "How in the name of heaven did Harry survive?" Dumbledore 
says "We can only guess.  We may never know."  Then at the end of 
PS/SS, Dumbledore explains to Harry that Quirrell couldn't bear to 
touch Harry because Harry's mother had died for him and had left a 
protection in him.  Harry assumes that this is the reason why 
Voldemort couldn't kill him as a baby, but that's not what Dumbledore 
actually said.

When Harry meets Riddle in the Chamber of Secrets, Harry tells Riddle 
that the reason Voldemort couldn't kill him as a baby is because 
Harry's mother died to save him.  Riddle/Voldy buys this and now 
thinks it's a "lucky chance" that saved Harry rather than something 
special about Harry himself.

But I think there has to be something special about Harry (after all, 
why write 7 books about him if there isn't?!), and it's that special 
something that caused Voldy's AK to backfire, not Lily's sacrifice.

Phyllis