JKR's Theme (was OoP: The Redemption of Tom Riddle) SPOILERS

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 62182

Rowen Avalon wrote:
> Darrin wrote:
> >To have Harry's life dictated by a prophecy goes against 
> >everything the books say in terms of choices mattering more than 
> >blood and the right path over the easy path.
> 
> Or is it? We have seen several instances in the book where blood and 
> inborn talent has mattered. JKR seems to have a slight paradox (if 
> that's the word I'm looking for?) about this. JKR does not deny that 
> some things you cannot control. You are born with or without them. 
> Neville, for example, try has hard as he might, was not born with a 
> great talent in magic. It's not his fault, but he can't do much about 
> it. Harry was born with Slytherin qualities (CoS) but chooses to 
> fight them and be a Gryffindor. Also, quidditch talent. Even the 
> basic concept of being born a wizard. It's not the muggles fault they 
> are muggles. It's not the squib's fault they are squibs.
> 
> Rowen Avalon, who is feeling very brilliant at having discovered this

Errr... canon violation. In only one year in the DA, Neville has 
demonstrated that he doesn't have less magical power. He was second to 
Hermione only right at the end. That's a lot of power there. And Harry 
wasn't necesarily born with Slytherin qualities; Dumbledore's words 
imply that most of those were given to him by Voldemort through the 
failed AK. Parselmouth, for example. And it has been expressed as a 
theory that his flying abilities were also passed onto him by Voldemort 
(who as Tom Riddle might have been a star Quidditch player).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf