what is "the heart of it all"?

[ariadnemajic]

No: HPFGUIDX 77476

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sebfish5" <redfish5 at o...> 
wrote:
> J.K.Rowling has said there is something which is the "heart of it 
> all" and that "none of the fans have guessed it yet, though they 
> have skirted around it" (Newsnight interview, before order of the 
> phoenix) she also said "she has laid all her clues" in a sense 
there will still be more but she has laid plenty.


If one of the primary themes is "the choice between what is right and 
what is easy" (Dumbledore GOF), then I believe the "heart of it all" 
is that, ultimately, Harry has a *choice* about fulfilling the 
prophecy. 

It's like Dumbledore's charm on the Mirror of Erised, "only someone 
wishing to find the stone but not use it..." In this case, Harry "has 
the power to vanquish the Dark Lord" but that power has to be 
activated in some way by his choices.  I'm guessing that would be 
some sacrifice of love, like his mom; it won't be killing LV out of 
hatred. 

I just can't believe that Harry's life would be pre-destined if the 
whole moral is about choices.  Ariadne