Harry's sacrifice

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 58624

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Grosskreutz" 
<ivanova at i...> wrote:
> Darrin wrote:
> Ditto for the whole Quest for the Stone in PS/SS. Harry was a pariah
> at school, thanks to helping lose so many points for Gryffindor. He
> could have played it safe, kept his head down, etc...
> He was willing to put his social standing andthe glory of 
> Gryffindor - you could make a case that wasn't his to give up, 
> though -- to try and get the Stone.

Kelly:
> <snip sorry> my point is that Harry did not go down there thinking 
> he was going to sacrifice only points and social standing, but his 
life.

Valky (me):
Straying a little, but still considering the same question. Has 
anyone else noticed that Harry has a lot to learn about sacrifice. 

Our hero is well reputed for his selfless sacrifices, and 
justifiably. I agree with Kelly that in the Philosophers Stone story 
Harry bravely chose fight or die offering up what could possibly be 
his life for a greater good. 

He, also, did that out of curiosity about his nemesis LV, but thats 
steals little from his bravery. It does however make a strong point 
about the lesson he inevitably faces in his life. 
To choose differently to Tom Riddle and become, what he desires to be.

Looking at Harry and his deep desire to be in the Wizard World, 
accepted and loved. It would seem that the child has much to learn, 
risking his contact point with the one home and family he loves for a 
butterbeer. Ultimately his curiosity seems to be leading him to the 
same awful placed Tom Riddle visited all those years before. An 
irresistable urge to sacrifice his one deepest desire for love, for a 
gamble on the odds that he will gain the ultimate reward.

A quote from JK I can't recall exactly makes a statement to the tune 
of Harry will be finding out the importance of making the right 
choice over the easy one. 

Harry frequently chooses right over easy, was what I said, what could 
the boy have to learn about this? After scanning the pages of the 
books a zillionth time this is what I have come up with.
Harry is in real danger of making the one same wrong choice as 
Voldemort. He is too willing to sacrifice all that means the most to 
him.