[HPforGrownups] How's Harry going to learn the curses?

[Melissa Worcester]

No: HPFGUIDX 87186

Adi wrote:
>  There's been a lot of speculation about how Harry is going to kill 
>Voldemort. That may be a long way off, but as the second war begins, 
>Harry will surely have to kill some people... Bellatrix for instance. 

This brings up an interesting point. Did any of the Death Eaters get killed by members of the Order in OoP? I can't seem to remember any. It seems they either left or got captured to be put in Azkaban. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, I didn't pay strict attention. 

My point is, do the other members of the Order use the Unforgivables? I mean, they're Unforgivable, after all. Not to mention illegal. I think Dumbledore might not worry about whether he's breaking the law, but would he use the Unforgivable curses, or promote their use by people he's associated with? Especially underage people, students such as Harry and friends? I was fascinated with Umbridge's argument with herself about whether or not to use the Cruciatus curse on Harry in her office near the end of OoP. The point I got from that was that she was trying to say it was okay to use it because her goal was something necessary, something the Ministry would approve of -- and that JKR was showing how it's wrong to use that type of logic to justify wrong-doing.

I'm not saying that Death Eaters won't die, or that members of the Order, or Harry or other students, won't kill them or cause their deaths, but maybe it will happen differently -- causing them to fall from a great height, or drown or something. Or maybe they won't kill them at all but just capture them and turn them over for justice.

I think Harry is already very bothered by the idea that he has to kill Voldemort. He had decided to kill Sirius in PoA, before he knew the truth about him, and he still couldn't do it. He couldn't agree to allowing Sirius and Remus kill Wormtail either. I just can't see JKR putting Harry in that position.

Melissa

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