OOP: Prophecy - Why Believe It?

[FrisbeeK]

No: HPFGUIDX 63598

I finally finished the book last night and the question I was left 
with was why does anyone believe the prophecy?  I mean it was given 
to DD by Sybill Trewalney, the one teacher at Hogwarts that can't 
teach.  She never "saw" anything else in her time at Hogwarts(that we 
know about so far) and by all student accounts (and DD's smile when 
Harry said he fell asleep in class in a previous book) she knew squat 
about predicting the future.

I guess I think maybe the whole prophecy is really a challenge for 
Harry more than a precursor of things to come.  That if Harry 
believes in it - that this belief will force him to fight LV; but 
that the literal translation of it might not be true.  It might not 
be an either/or between Harry and LV.  It might just solidify for 
Harry what he needs to do (or not do).

Because I would guess that the room that he can't open - contains 
free will.  Which love, compassion, humility, all the good things 
that Harry has and LV doesn't are choices you make irrelevant of how 
you were born or the power you have.  And when JKR said in an
interview that the room she'd like to spend the most time in was the 
room Harry hadn't found....yet.  I think she meant this one.  Harry 
has to choose to go into the room and for the right reason - and when 
he does, the door will open - and I would guess inside that room is 
the ability to defeat LV (and unite both worlds).

FrisbeeK