Harry's sacrifice

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 58596

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, rayheuer3 at a... wrote:
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> Harry has more reason than anyone to believe that he is 
immortal and  invulnerable.  "Sacrifice" implies the certainty of 
loss, even as small one (such as in  baseball, when you 
"sacrifice" an out to score a run or move runners up a 
> base).  <<

Harry's death has been foretold numerous times and not just by 
Prof. Trelawney. Bane the Centaur seems to think it's in the 
stars. He's very angry at Firenze for saving Harry from Voldemort 
in the forest. Firenze wishes Harry good luck, saying the stars 
may be read wrongly even by centaurs.

Harry had every reason to think he and his friends would be 
killed if they encountered Snape or Voldemort in the dungeons, 
which was a certainty once they realized someone had already 
entered the trapdoor ahead of them. He offers to sacrifice his 
friends' help in order to save their lives, telling them to go back, 
but they refuse.

Harry also sacrifices his opportunity to get revenge on Pettigrew, 
and his chance to be the sole winner of the Tri-Wizard Cup. 

Pippin