The emotion

[Buttercup]

No: HPFGUIDX 72412

--- Richelle Votaw <rvotaw at i-55.com> wrote:
> While rereading OOP I noticed something I hadn't
> really taken note of before (don't we always?).  At
> the end of OOP, when Voldemort is trying to possess
> Harry, he is thinking that he wants to die, then
> thinks to himself that he will be with Sirius.  When
> he thinks of Sirius, his heart fills with emotion
> and Voldemort is forced to leave him.  
> 
> Now, my question is what emotion filled Harry's
> heart there?  Love?  I suppose that's the simple
> answer, but from my experience when a loved one has
> just died love isn't the emotion I would feel there.
>  More like sorrow or grief.    So what was it
> exactly that made Voldemort leave?  I know
> Dumbledore said it's because Harry was filled with a
> force that Voldemort detests.  And I am assuming
> that the force is that which filled Harry's heart at
> the moment he thought of Sirius, and Voldemort had
> to leave.  But what was it?  Emotion in general?  Or
> a specific emotion, like love or compassion?

Me:
I think it was Harry's fully surrendering to
death--not fearing it, knowing that death isn't the
end. He would be with Sirius and released from the
pain.


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Buttercup