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

[Campbell, Anne-TMC-Rcvg]

No: HPFGUIDX 87194

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. 
I imagine that he will kill her in the next book. And  may be 
Peter .He also needs use other unforgivable curses. With his feeble 
attempt at cruciatus curse not that effective, he needs to practise 
them more, doesn't he? I don't think they will be taught anywhere 
near Hogwarts and Dumbledore is only for teaching defense and not 
offense. So how's Harry going to learn them?>>

 
 
Hi all...I've been part of this group for about a month now, just watching and enjoying all the different viewpoints on what Rowling may or may not do, and how she may or may not handle certain situations. I know that there's already been a lot of talk about how Harry is supposed to 'defeat' Voldemort, what the "One cannot live while the other exists" part of the prophecy really means, and what would happen to Harry, mentally and spiritually, should he 'stoop' to Voldemort's level and kill him.
 
What I found interesting is that most of the people who feel Harry will kill Voldemort think he will end up doing it by using an Unforgivable. My question is this--why would he need an Unforgivable if that were the case? Surely there are other ways without using the Killing Curse....just as there are ways of 'killing' someone without actually killing them. I don't think Harry will need to learn the Unforgivables--in truth, I'm sure there are other spells that can do just as much damage, if used in a certain way, that are just as likely to kill Voldemort, if a spell is even used in the first place (as I remember, when Harry killed the Basilisk, he used a sword--no magic involved there other than how he got hold of it in the first place). The question, really, is whether or not Harry will be forced to do so...and what it will do to him.
 
One of the things I've noted about the books is that Rowling is not afraid to explore the harder questions, whether its whether or not a young boy, grown up in an abusive situation, can rise above it to become a 'hero' (As in Harry's case), or why someone as mean hearted as Snape can still be a 'good guy'. She deals in grays--a very 'real world' way of looking at things. So in the case of the final conflict between Voldemort and Harry, its not going to be a simple matter of Harry pointing a wand and saying "hah! Got you!", or, if she goes the 'gentler' route, Voldemort somehow suddenly getting the sense knocked into him one way or another. It'll be just as complicated and convoluted as the rest of the story has been--No easy answers here, not even the use of an Unforgivable...
 
Just my two cents worth...^^
 
Anne