Harry's sacrifice

[Fred Waldrop]

No: HPFGUIDX 58629

 "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> wrote:
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Harry has not had the situation come up where he would have to 
knowingly sacrifice his life or powers.  This is not under his 
control; it will either happen or not.

He has had plenty of situations come up where he has had to risk his 
life, and those times he did it willingly.  As it happened, he was 
not killed.  He certainly did try to succeed in his undertakings 
while staying alive, but the outcome was not entirely in his hands -- 
despite his best efforts, he may still have died.
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Yes, there is some difference between *risking* your life and facing 
*certain* death, and the only time Harry did the latter, there was no 
sacrifice to make, just to stand up straight and die fighting like 
his father rather than cowering behind a headstone.
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Harry did realise he'd rather live at Hogwarts and face a dragon 
rather than go back to the Dursleys.  And if Harry ever does 
face "certain death" to save the WW (or even just one person), then 
we can discuss some more!
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Hello all, Fred Waldrop here;
I have been following this thread for a while now, and I wanted to 
add my thoughts to it.
Where I seen the first *MAIN* sacrafice was on page 294-297 (US):
<snip>"now give me the stone, unless you want her to have died in 
vain." 
"Never!"
Harry sprang toward the flame door, but Voldemort screamed "SEIZE 
HIM!" and the next second, Harry felt Quirrell's hand close on his 
wrist. At once, a needle-sharp pain seared across Harry's scare; his 
head felt as though it was about to split in two; he yelled, 
struggling with all his might, and to his surprise, Quirrell let go 
of him. He looked around to see where Quirrell had gone, and saw him 
hunched in pain, looking at his fingers-they were blistering before 
his eyes.
"Seize him! SEIZE HIM!" shrieked Voldemort again, and Quirrell 
lunged, knocking Harry clean off his feet, landing on top of him, 
both hands around Harry's neck-Harry's scar was almost blinding him 
with pain, yet he could see Quirrell howling in agony.
"Master, I cannot hold him-my hands-my hands!"
<snip> "Then kill him, fool, and be done!" screeched Voldemort. 
Quirrell raised his hand to preforom a deadly curse, but Harry, by 
instinct, reached up and grabbed Quirrell's face- "AAAARGH" Quirrell 
rolled off him, his face blistering, too, and then Harry: Quirrell 
countn't touch his bare skin, not without terrible pain 
<snip> Harry jumped to his feet, caught Quirrell by the arm, and hung 
on as tight as he could. Quirrell screamed and try 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!"  
<snip>"But sir, the stone-" "I see you will not be distracted. Very 
well, the stone. Professor Quirrell did not manage to take it from 
you. I arraived in time to prevent that, althought you were doing 
very well on your own, I must say." 
"You got there? You got Hermiones's owl?" "We must have crossed in 
midair. No sooner had I reached London than it became clear to me 
that the place I should be was the one I had just left. I arrived 
just in time to pull Quirrell off you-" 
"It was you."
"I feared I might be too late." 
"You nearly were, I couldn't have kept him off the stone much longer-"
"Not the stone, boy, you- THE EFFORT INVOLVED NEARLY KILLED YOU. For 
one terrible moment there, I was afraid it had." 
Now, most people might not believe a "mass murderer" when they tell 
you, basicly "give me what I want, or i will kill you". But seeing as 
how Voldemort had already killed his parents, I am betting Harry did 
believe him. And instead of giving him what he wants, he tells 
him "NEVER". Seems like he has choose to die than hand over the 
stone, and to me that is the ultimate sacrafice, but I may be wrong. 
I do not think so, but I might.
He further scarafices by holding onto Quirrell even though he 
feels "his head felt as though it was about to split in two." Plus, 
when he grabs Quirrell for the second time, " Harry's scar was almost 
blinding him with pain", he did not give up. He grabbed Quirrell for 
a third go round, still, "Harry jumped to his feet, caught Quirrell 
by the arm, and hung on as tight as he could. Quirrell screamed and 
try 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!"

Fred Waldrop
Who says, this sounds like a scrafice to me!