[HPforGrownups] Re: Why were the sacrifices different? (was: A moral theory of Magic )

[EnsTren at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 95351

In a message dated 4/6/2004 10:24:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, justcarol67 at yahoo.com writes:

Forgive the major snippage

> Carol tries again:
> It's not that James didn't die for his wife and child, rather like a
> soldier dying for his country, "fighting manfully," as LV said. (A
> compliment to a dead enemy.) It's that James's death merely bought a
> little time for his wife to run away--as she chose not to 
> do. She
> chose to die, without fighting


Reading this little fragment here I'm suddenly struck.  I am reminded of the chronicals of Narnia, which I think most of us read.

Could we perhaps somewhat compare Lily's willing sacrifice to what happen to Alasan on the stone table?

Further more he is a LION.  Not to say JKR is stealing, but very likely she's taking a cue and inspiration.

I recall faintly something about the lion saying something about if he did fight it wouldn't have worked.  It takes enormus strength NOT to fight for your life.  It's something that's hard wired into us.  And Yet Lily didn't raise a hand to Voldemort.

Rather the anchient magic being a charm, as it is in the potter-verse, I'm more inclined to think it's something that "kicks in" when requirements are met.  Such as, not running away from certain death, not fighting, etc etc.  Like Alasan/Lily.

And also, for all you upset about James getting the short shift, what about Lily?  Everyone is on and on about The Boy-Who-Lived and not a mention of Lily who did the hard part.


Nemi