Wands, Meanings and Where it All Could Lead...

[jklb66]

No: HPFGUIDX 35312

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "abigailnus" <abigailnus at y...> wrote:
> Voldemort, representing and embodying evil, is all about the defeat 
of death.  By his 
> own admission, his final goal in the bad old days was to achieve 
immortality, and he worked very hard to protect 
> himself against death so that, having been hit by the Avada Kedavra 
curse, he still managed to survive in some basic, 
> bodyless form.


> Nicolas Flamel, a friend of Dumbldore's and hence a good guy, 
destroys the Philosopher's Stone which Voldemort 
> covets.  

He thus accepts his own death (unlike Voldemort).

>This allows Dumbledore to state, so early in the series and with 
such importance, that "death is but 
> the next great adventure."  Voldemort is evil not because he causes 
>death but because he refuese to accept it - IN TRYING TO BECOME 
>IMMORTAL, HE BECOMES INHUMAN.


Very interesting ideas. It also scares me a bit.  Why?  Because, 
unlike some of you, I've never been afraid that Harry would die in 
Book 7.  Afraid for almost everyone around him, yes, but afraid for 
Harry, no.  But I read your post and thought, "If refusing to accept 
one's own death is the defining characteristic of the ultimate evil 
character, than accepting one's own death would be the logical last 
heroic act of our hero."  

I can't foresee our final Harry/Voldemort showdown merely being a 
simple matter of who can AK the other faster or stronger; there will 
have to be final showdown that truly "means" something.  Perhaps in 
order to rid the world of LV once and for all, Harry will have to 
willingly die too?  And out of the ashes this great pyric (sp.) 
victory will be born a better and safer world for those Harry loves?