[HPforGrownups] Why LV must kill Harry?

[Sherry Garfio]

No: HPFGUIDX 45187

Debbie McLain wrote:
> What is everyone's opinion on "Why must LV kill Harry" when he was
> only one-year old?

And GulPlum replied:
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> These range from "Harry is the Heir of Gryffindor" ...
<snip>

This has probably been answered before.  If, indeed, Harry is the Heir of
Gryffindor, which I think is likely, why did the Sorting Hat try to put him in
Slytherin?  The Sorting Hat was Godric Gryffindor's own hat; surely the hat
would recognize a decendant (ancestor?) of its original owner.  Or possibly
"heir" is not necessarily being used in the blood sense - Harry could be
Gryffindor's heir *by designation*, either by Godric himself in conjunction
with a prediction, or through the generations by the previously designated heir
(Dumbledore?).  But again, why would the Sorting Hat not recognize this?  Any
thoughts?  Old posts I should be reading?

Sherry


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