Unifying Theory / Sorting hat / Voldemort and Hitler (re: Unifying Theory)

[elirtai]

No: HPFGUIDX 36319

Leroyal Terrell Gould III ("ltg3asu") wrote:
> I have, for some time, been speculating on just why Voldemort would 
> single out a child for destruction. There is, of course, the much 
> talked about "Heir of Gryffindor" theory, but for me, this doesn't 
> hold with JKR's theme of our choices making us who we are, and not 
> innate qualities. [snip]

JKR knows that, and Dumbledore, and now Harry. Other people too.
But not Voldemort, not necessarily. He probably doesn't see things 
that way or he wouldn't be as obsessed about pure blood lineage.

[long theory main argument snipped - see message 36311]

While I essentially agree with what you say, I don't agree with 
the conclusions. I think that's not enough to drive Voldemort;
we know his main obsession is personal everlasting power, and the
theory about the Gryffindor heir makes a lot of sense to me in that
context.

A couple of comments:
- I always saw Harry's sorting as an epitome of JKR's "your choices
make what you are". Probably most of the students are given more than 
one choice, according to their potentials. Take Hermione: she was 
probably offered Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff too, and why not Slytherin 
since she's ambitious? The only exception seems to be Draco; the hat 
knew he was a Slytherin as soon as it was brought in contact with 
him. Of course, Draco had already made his choice, but so had 
Hermione. That may be significant: it might tells us Draco has indeed 
none of the potentials associated with the other houses.

- About Voldemort's parallelisms with Hitler, they don't end here. V 
hates halfbloods even though he's one himself. Hitler believed in an 
ideal race with particular physical features, but he wouldn't have 
qualified for it himself!

> *Standing back, and rereading this, my fingers are crossed that my 
> first post isn't slammed too hard,

I hope I haven't - welcome!
Elirtai