OOP: A Room at the MoM

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No: HPFGUIDX 64917

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rachael" <bratty_jedi at h...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "John Hatch" <john at s...> 
wrote:
> > In one paragraph, Dumbledore tells Harry there is a room at the 
> Department of Mysteries where a power more great and terrible than 
> pretty much anything (I'm obviously paraphrasing) exists and that 
> Harry has this in abundance and Voldemort has none of it. It is 
also 
> the reason Voldemort could not stand to possess Harry for very 
long.
> > 
> > Is this supposed to be a tremendous mystery? At first, I thought 
> so. Then I thought it must be obvious that she is talking about 
love, 
> compassion, charity (as in the Biblical usage), etc. But I've been 
> second-guessing myself. JKR is usually more direct about these 
issues 
> when Dumbledore is explaining things. Could it be that what Harry 
> possesses is a mystery for the future? Or am I reading WAY too far 
> into this.
> > 
> > John
> 
> 
> I think it is a little more complex than love.  When Dumbledore is 
> telling Harry about this room, he mentions some other things that 
> might be studied at the DoM, among them is Human Intelligence.  I 
am 
> assuming this is studied in the room with all the Brains.  I 
rather 
> suspect that the locked room contains heart in a similar manner 
and 
> deals with the study of, not only love, but also compassion, 
courage, 
> and other emotions that are typically associated with the heart.
> 
> Rachael
> Bratty

Doesn't DD tell Harry that the pain he is feeling about Sirius is 
something LV is incapable of feeling, or words to that effect? I'm 
wondering if the power he has that LV lacks is empathy.

Silmarien