Harry, the lone hero?

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 46272

I've been reading all the opinions about who will definitely
die in the next 3 books, and it seems to come down to
stripping Harry of most, if not all of his support, so he'll
have to rely on just himself and face Voldemort on his own,
fulfilling his destiny.

While this is certainly a possibility, I am hoping for JKR
to take a different route, not the old, established "lone
hero" path.

Why not have it be Harry and his friends, finding a way to
defeat Voldemort together somehow?

I wouldn't mind Dumbledore, the mentor, being still alive at
the end, either <g>.

Okay, so I *like* happy endings, and my main reason for
reading HP is the friendship theme.

Harry, Ron and Hermione all have different strengths and
shortcomings, and I really don't want Harry to find out he
doesn't need any help after all, and has all the powers he
needs in himself.

I'd love to see him learn that it's okay to accept other
people's help and that a team can accomplish more than a
single person most of the time.

While Harry would feel tremendously guilty if anyone got
hurt or killed, trying to help him, he needs to realize that
his friends would also feel terrible, if *Harry* got hurt
because he didn't let them help.

The chance that JKR will choose this theme are probably not
all that great, but I'd truly welcome it.

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 Susanne                          mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net