[HPforGrownups] HP and biblical parallels

[Iris FT]

No: HPFGUIDX 46396


 
 bluesqueak <pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk> wrote: 
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JKR has said that anyone who knows Christian Theology knows what's 
going to happen to Harry.

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That doesn't mean she's intending Book 7 to be a `The Last Battle' 
[C.S. Lewis]. 

A christian [small c] fate for Harry could involve his dying and 
rising again, his plain old dying for the sake of saving others and 
*not* rising again (Lily and James's fate could be described in that 
way, as they both died in an effort to save someone else – James 
died trying to give Lily and Harry time to escape; Lily died 
deliberately standing in the way of Voldemort as he tried to kill 
Harry), or some other sacrifice in an effort to save his world. For 
example, since he and Voldemort are connected, Harry might realise 
that he must lose his magical powers in order to make Voldemort lose 
*his* magical powers.

Alternatively it could simply involve his realisation that he has to 
give up a life playing Quidditch for England in order to enter a 
monastery [grin].



Me: He could also choose to spare Lord Voldemort.

That would be an original ending, if we consider that most of the time, the solution of this kind of stories is “the hero kills the bad guy”.

I don’t mean there won’t be a final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort, and they won’t have to fight. However, it would be terrible if Harry had to kill the Dark Lord. It would turn him into what he fought against. And I’m not sure JKR wants to give the kids such an example.

Sparing Lord Voldemort, giving up the idea of revenge (an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth) would also be a great achievement for Harry. It also would put an end to the infinite spiral of hatred and vendetta that seems to be one of the motors of the story.

Tom Riddle became Lord Voldemort because he din’t know how to forgive his father for leaving his mother. The Dark Lord is merciless; he doesn’t know what forgiving means. He acts resentfully.  

I don’t know if JKR will make Harry forgive Voldemort, but it would certainly give him greatness and a definitely positive status.

He already shown he had aptitudes for mercy and magnanimity when he decided to spare Wormtail. Okay, he didn’t want Remus and Sirius to become murderers, and he didn’t say they had to forgive the traitor. But the fact is that even after all he had suffered, he knew that killing Peter was not a solution.

That’s what I learnt when I attended catechism, that’s also more than a Christian point of view. If we consider Voldemort shares many characteristics with dictators and war criminals, his becoming after being defeated by Harry (that’s what we all hope for, don’t we?) would be an interesting question. A kind of “wizarding Nuremberg”?

 

Just a few thoughts,

 
Iris




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