OOP: The One [Spoilers]

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No: HPFGUIDX 61573

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aRk" <ark286 at y...> wrote:
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> Okay, well I really liked the idea that the prophesy could have 
> referred to either Harry or Neville; but I think that just because 
> Voldemort decided that it must be Harry doesn't neccessarily mean 
> that Harry irrevocably had to be The One. That is, perhaps because 
> Voldemort went after Harry instead of Neville, he *made* it Harry 
> instead of Neville by the curse scar. 
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> JKR tends to make a big deal about the fact that it is not biology 
> or genetics that determines one's future, but behaviour and 
> decisions. Therefore, I can't really believe that Harry was Born 
to 
> defeat Voldemort, but V's actions by choosing him (rather than 
> Neville) made it so. If V had attacked Neville instead and given 
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> the curse scar, maybe Neville just as easily could have absorbed 
V's 
> powers and been V's arch nemesis.
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> "aRk"



I totally agree (both with you and with JK Rowling, which is one of 
the reasons why I love her and the Harry Potter books).  She's 
presenting a very interesting philosophy on life: that fate exists 
to a certain extent and that in the end, the future is shaped by 
one's decisions and actions.  Very fascinating.

Jediah