Harry's Power is Self-sacrifice

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Sat Aug 23 13:24:01 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 78578

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "yale sam wahl" 
> <yswahl at s...> wrote:
> <snip>
> > I have read the arguments here for love, hope, etc. but the one 
> power that I
> > believe is being referred to is self-sacrifice. His mom gave up 
> her life for
> > Harry, and Harry has time and again been willing to sacrifice 
> himself if it
> > means saving others.


Excellent point.  And don't forget how many times throughout OoP, as
well as GoF (think of everyone's reaction to Harry's rescuing Fleur's
sister, who did't really need rescuing), we heard someone tell Harry
that he had a "saving-people-thing"?

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