Harry the Saviour? (was Re: A quote, and RE: Potter

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No: HPFGUIDX 36927

Catlady found a JKR quote:
 <<She's a member of the Church of Scotland and, whenever she's 
asked,  says, "I believe in God, not magic." In fact, Rowling 
initially was  afraid that if people were aware of her Christian 
faith, she would give away too much of what's coming in the 
series. "If I talk too  freely about that," she told a Canadian 
reporter, "I think the intelligent reader -- whether ten[years old] 
or sixty -- will be  able to guess what is coming in the books.">>

Then Catlady:<<gloated at it, because to me saying that mentioning 
Christianity will give the plot away means I'm right in my theory 
that Harry  will die to destroy Voldemort.>> 

And Naama replied:
<<Well, if you go for analogies between HP and JC, why stop at the 
sacrificial death? What about the resurrection? <snip>
Come to think of it, Harry already represents a miraculous victory  
over death, as the only known person to survive the Avada Kedavra 
curse. Possibly he will repeat this overcoming of death in some form 
in the future?>>

Now me:
There are so many symbols of resurrection/rebirth surrounding Harry!  
The phoenix (immortality, resurrection), holly (rebirth), lion 
(rebirth, power),  gryphon (salvation)...  

And surrounding his parents--stag (resurrection, Tree of Life), 
willow (Tree of Life, immortality, protection, miraculous births), 
the name Lily (purity, resurrection).

I think--we're supposed to see Harry as the chosen child.  The one 
who will bring rebirth.  But I hope that it's sort of a split process-
-that his parents did the sacrifical death part, leaving the 
rebirth/salvation to him...

Because--I just feel so protective towards the kid!  Ever since those 
scenes with Lupin, and the boggart... He's had such a crappy  life so 
far, I hate to think his choice between "right & easy" will have to 
be to choose death.

Extra Credit questions:
1.  If Harry doesn't have to choose between life & death, what else 
might his right vs easy decision be about?
2.  Would AK actually work on Harry now? Or does Voldemort just think 
it will?

Caroline