[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP- Prophesy - Paradox or foreshadowing?

[Beth Currie]

No: HPFGUIDX 62133

Hi there, first time posting, I'm Beth from Southampton, UK.
 
 
I don't see a problem with this particular paradox.  It's nothing
compared to the one in PoA where Harry conjures the Patronus.  If
Time-Travelling Harry (let's call him TTH) hadn't conjured the Patronus,
"original" Harry would have died.  Which of course means that there
would have been no TTH there to conjure it...it's a chicken and egg
situation.
 
Beth
 
-----Original Message-----
From: medeacallous [mailto:medeacallous at yahoo.ca] 
Sent: 23 June 2003 16:38
To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: OOP- Prophesy - Paradox or foreshadowing?
 
Ok, correct me if I'm wrong in my understanding of the prophesy:  

It seems to me that one of two things is true of the prophesy - 
either it is a paradox, or a foreshadowing of something that JKR 
hasn't even touched on.

Here's the thing:  If the 'unknown powers' that the prophesy speaks 
of in Harry are a result of Lily's sacrifice, or of the transfer of 
power that came as a result of Voldemort's attempt to kill him, then 
it's a total paradox, because if the prophesy had never been made, 
or even never partially overheard, Voldemort would have never taken 
the step to identify Harry and Neville, choose between the two of 
them, and go after Harry.  In which case, Harry would have grown up 
without the protection of Lily's sacrifice, without the 'mark', and 
without the powers transferred to him at the moment of Voldemort's 
rebounded curse.

So... is there something about Harry, some power, that derives  
neither from Lily's sacrifice nor Voldemort's murder attempt?

Any ideas?

MC





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