Harry's dream about the Turban (was Re: Re: Neville and the Prophecy - VERY LONG

[aboutthe1910s]

No: HPFGUIDX 108339

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt"
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
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> How many clues do you need? Harry and Slytherin are key to the whole
> series. And it probably isn't just Slytherin House we're talking about 
> here, but the concept of Salazar Slytherin as the embodiment of evil.



Me (aboutthe1910s):

I strongly disagree with the idea of Salazar Slytherin as the
embodiment of evil.  ...I could be misremembering this, but I believe
that somewhere in one of the books it says that Godric Gryffindor and
Salazar Slytherin were best friends before the falling out--not just
friends, but specifically best friends.  This may not seem very
important, but I think that it is--I think that it says a lot about
the fact that there was an actual person behind this idea that has
been handed down for hundreds of years, that he did at some point have
redeeming qualities.  I also think one thing that has repeatedly
proven itself in Jo's writing is that people are not *absolutely* good
or evil--they are all simply people who have made decisions, sometimes
good ones made courageously, sometimes very bad ones driven by fear. 
When all is said and done, I believe that courage and fear will be
proven far more central to the story than good and evil--in fact, I
believe they already are.

aboutthe1910s