What's so special about Harry ?

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 83812

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone !
> 
> I keep reading here and there that Harry is the only one that can 
> kill LV. It's always bothered me, but I couldn't figure out why. 
And 
> it suddenly hit me : why would Harry be the only one who could kill 
> LV ? 
> 
> I know what the Prophecy says, but I don't see any *reason* why 
Harry 
> should be the only one to be able to do the job.
<snip>
> So I repeat my question : why would Harry be the only one who could 
> kill LV ?
> 
> Del

What's so special about Harry? To be nitpicky, what makes Harry so 
special is that he is the star of his own book septology, thanks to 
JKR. (Sorry to be snarky, but I am in the middle of class right now 
and not in the best mood!) But in context of the story we don't 
really know yet. As is mentioned (and snipped out) in the above post 
the person to whom the prophecy pertains (either Harry or Neville) 
has a "power that the Dark Lord knows not" and we are only assuming 
it is love. The fact is that there could be a dozen things that Harry 
(or Neville) has that LV doesn't. Love certainly, maybe compassion or 
kindness or some other "Force"-like inner strength. But what makes 
him special? Who knows? What made Luke Skywalker or King Arthur or 
Odysseus so special? Nothing, except what they were born and who they 
became, in short, their destinies. Perhaps there is something in 
Harry's past (or his parent's pasts) that makes him different. (Heir 
of Gryffindor/son of Vodldemort theories, anyone?) I personally 
believe that Harry's strength lies in him being a good person who 
will, in the end anyway, have the courage to do the right thing. But 
who knows. 
Meri (who's desire for book six is nearly all consuming)