Harry's father figures- theory for Book 6

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 73528

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ten_cent_deposit" 
<ten_cent_deposit at y...> wrote:
> Well, I never saw Dumbledore as a father to Harry, but in the 
Jesus is
> the son of god sort of way. Josheph was the one there on Earth with
> Jesus taking care of the daily business of raising a child. God
> watched and may have poked a mysterious finger in there now and 
again,
> without anyone knowing. 

Yeah, actually, I WAS thinking of Dumbledore as a sort of God-the-
Father figure.  But then, I'm seeing the whole story as a sort of 
modern version of the Atonement, with Harry being the one who will 
sacrifice his life to save the world.
> 
He goes on to say that in the
> intervening years, Jesus was sulking and mad. How would you feel if
> when you were 18 someone told you that you were he son of God and 
it
> was your responsabilty to die to save humanity and so forth? You'd
> rightly be pretty pissed, and would want to tell them to shove off,
> and live your own life, not a predetermained fate.

(But I'll bet Jesus didn't yell at people as much as Harry does!) :)

Actually, it just occurred to me that if Rowling DOES take 
a "Christian" approach to ending the books, as I imagine she is 
going to, it will probably land her in a lot of trouble with people 
who already don't like her books.  I mean, popular novels about 
witches and magic are bad enough, but if she starts poaching on 
*religious* territory too?  Oh, boy...

Wanda