James' Choice (Was Marauders' Map, Marauders and Voldemort)

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 109387



> charme:
> 
> Weird, after the Snape-Lupin-Harry scene when Snape confronts Lupin and
> Harry WRT the Marauder's Map and its "manufacturers," Lupin tells Harry that
> "Your parents gave their lives, Harry, to keep you alive."  Notice that
> doesn't say "Your mother scarificed her life to keep you alive."  Might not
> be anything, might be something, hm???

I've always taken Lupin's word there at face value. Despite all the focus 
on Lily "not having to die" and sacrificing her life for Harry, James also 
sacrificed his life for Harry. Assuming the events at Godric's Hollow
transpired as have been hinted at, James acted as the front line of 
defense, attempting to protect/save both Lily and Harry, and sacrificing
his life in the process. And, since we don't yet know what conversation
might have transpired between James and Voldemort (as we do with
Lily and Voldemort), Voldemort might well have told James to get out
of the way (i.e., give me the boy and you live) as he essentially said
to Lily. Likely neither James or Lily had to die if they'd been willing
to hand over Harry to save themselves. But they weren't willing to do
that, fortunately for us and for Harry :-)

Julie 


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