Why LV must kill Harry?

[Susan Miller]

No: HPFGUIDX 45219

psychodudeneo wrote:
> 
 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?
> 
 
Yay! I've been waiting for this lead-in. The sorting hat said "You 
could be great you know, and Slytherin would help you there." (Or 
something similar) So, what does Slytherin have that would uniquely 
help Harry to greatness? Snape!

I'm a firm believer that Snape is the real hero in the series. I 
think his hatred of Harry is mostly an act, to what purpose we yet 
don't know.

It has been noticed that Snape is apparently the only teacher who 
sleeps with his house. It seems logical that due to his house bias 
that he provides special assistance and tutoring to students in his 
house - else how in the world do Crabbe and Goyle pass their exams? 
In this regard, Prof. McGonegal is useless. I think that the Sorting 
Hat recognized that keeping Harry close to a teacher after hours 
would help him in his learning and provide the means to the 
acquisition of additional skills.

I think the Sorting Hat was right the first time. I think that 
Harry's path to greatness might have been easier if he had sorted 
into Slytherin. He will still be great, but he needs to do it the 
hard way - mostly by himself, with only peer assistance from his 
Gryffindor friends.

~ Constance Vigilance