OOP: Literary Themes of the books

[Tim Regan]

No: HPFGUIDX 64053

Hi All

--- In HPforGrownups I wrote:
> I don't  think we ever see a goodie (i.e. a current friend of 
> Dumbledore's) kill anyone (is this true?). 

Sadly not. Harry does kill Quirrel. It's certainly justifiable as 
self defense, but in the end it is an attack by Harry that kills him.

Quirrell rolled off him, his face blistering, too, and then Harry 
knew:
Quirrell couldn't touch his bare skin, not without suffering terrible
pain -- his only chance was to keep hold of Quirrell, keep him in 
enough
pain to stop him from doing a curse.
Harry jumped to his feet, caught Quirrell by the arm, and hung on as
tight as he could. Quirrell screamed and tried to throw Harry off -- 
the
pain in Harry's head was building -- he couldn't see -- he could only
hear Quirrell's terrible shrieks and Voldemort's yells of, "KILL HIM!
KILL HIM!" and other voices, maybe in Harry's own head, 
crying, "Harry!
Harry!" (SS p.238)

Oh dear – and I really liked that theory.
 
Cheers,

Dumbledad