[HPforGrownups] Re: James an Auror? and Link to Interview on Clearing Hag...

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In a message dated 6/6/2003 11:37:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, Rosebeth 
writes:

> There has been a 
> lot of discussion lately about a mothers love for her child.  Why not 
> the same for a father's love?  
> 
> I don't doubt that the voice that Harry hears is James.  James knows 
> that LV is coming to destroy his family.  It's my belief that James 
> is going to try to whatever he can to save them, and if that means an 
> Unforgivable Curse, then so be it.  Like a gunfight in the old west 
> LV was just faster.


I absolutely agree that James loved Harry as much as Lily did. He died for 
Harry as well. I believe the only reason we focus more on Lily's sacrifice is 
that Lily transfered something special to Harry when was in physical contact 
with him as she died.

But James sacrificed himself to try to save both Harry and Lily. My question 
is, what did James do and what did Lily do other than die? Did James have some 
sort of plan that would hold Voldemort back? Did Lily only run to the crib 
and cradle Harry in her arms, or did she try to run out a back door? 

Of course, I look at their deaths as very sad and I think highly of both 
characters. But I try to put myself in that situation and I wonder: would I panic 
and stand paralyzed over my child like a deer in headlights? Would I run for 
it? Or would I take some sort of defensive position to save my family, like 
using Expelliarmus?

James tried to stall Voldemort. If he were an Auror, I agree with Phyllis and 
a number of others who posted that he would have been ready with *something* 
to stop Voldemort. But even Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who are not Aurors, 
would know to cast a defensive spell. Why wouldn't James and Lily give it a try?

Did they really just stand there and die, as it seems? Are we missing some 
information about that night and what they did? Or did they accept that there 
was nothing they could do?

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