I don't see Harry dying

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 72761

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> 
When he said 
> that the power that Harry possesses is so overwhelming that at the 
> mere hint of it, Voldemort fled his body, I always assumed that the 
> power was Love.  Frankly, I found that a little maudlin.  Then I 
> remembered:  the moment when Voldemort fled Harry's body was when 
> Harry was thinking that he was going to die, and he would be with 
> Sirius again.  I thought that it was the feeling of love for Sirius 
> that repelled Voldemort.  But that's not what was happening.  As he 
> thought of Sirius, Harry began to accept Death.  It wasn't 
just "Oh, 
> the pain is so bad, I wish I were dead," it was "Yes.  I *will* 
die -
>  for Sirius, to see him again."  It was just a split-second, but it 
> was enough, and Voldemort couldn't stand it.  I don't know how it 
> affects him, but it does, and I'm sure we'll get more explanation 
of 
> how this works later on.  But I'm convinced that that is how it's 
> going to work in the end.
> 
> Wanda

I like that way of putting Harry's feeling much better than "love." I 
hate to admit that but it explains much better why JKR wouldn't just 
come out and say "love" and it explains why DD couldn't just come out 
and say "you weren't afraid of death, you wanted to embrace death." 
But I can't help but love Harry for the reason he wanted to embrace 
death, in part it was to end the pain but he'd faced pain many times 
before. I think what makes Harry so powerful is that he wasn't afraid 
of death because of love for Sirius. Is that maudlin? I believe 
ultimately and this has been said before by many better than me, that 
this story is about facing death. 
Jennifer