Harry's Power

[mlle_bienvenu]

No: HPFGUIDX 78377

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> "whizbang" wrote:
> 
> (snip) 
> 
> > I don't think the "power" in Harry is an emotion, but I think it 
is 
> > triggered by emotions.  And I think what Harry has that Voldemort 
> > doesn't is courage.  And he was willing to die when Voldemort 
> > possessed him.  But it wasn't until he experienced a powerful 
> > emotion that Voldemort, unable to bear the rush of power, fled.  
> > Not unlike when Uncle Vernon couldn't hold on to him.
> > 
> > What is this power triggered by emotion?
> 
> Yep, I thought of courage too. But I don't know if we can really 
say 
> that LV has no courage. He's afraid to die, this we know. But he 
> doesn't seem to be afraid of anything else. Peter Pettigrew is for 
me 
> the example of an ambitious coward, and Tom Riddle was nothing like 
> him. Tom had the courage to go among dark wizards, and learn the 
Dark 
> Arts. Also, isn't DD called "the only wizard LV was ever afraid 
> of ?", which would imply that he wasn't ever afraid of anyone else. 
> So I don't think we can say that LV doesn't have any courage.
> 
<snip>

Mlle Bienvenu:

This might sound contradictory, but I define courage as feeling fear 
and still doing what you set out to do. LV, I don't think would fit 
this catagory. He may simply feel no fear towards the things, and 
therefore he didn't have to be brave to face them.

Mlle Bienvenu