Savior complex? (was "Harry and Tom")

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 110832

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Josh Warren" 
> <wjwarren4269 at c...> wrote:
> 
> > I will argue that PS/SS is not the savior complex, but self-
>  preservation. Harry is determined to stop Voldemort from getting 
> the  stne and coming back to kill him.<\
> 
> Pippin:
> But, why, *why*, should Harry think that the Stone would be safer 
> in his hands than it would be guarded by all the protections 
> Dumbledore has placed around it? And in fact, it's doubtful that 
> Quirrell could have extracted the Stone from the mirror before 
> Dumbledore arrived, if Harry hadn't done it for him.

All Harry knew at the time was that no one would believe him about 
Snape, that Voldemort was involved, that how to pass the first 
obsticle was known, and that a restored Voldemort would quite likely 
lead to his own death. He first sought out Dumbledore, and found him 
gone, and he was again not believed by the faculty. Harry had no idea 
that the mirror would prove such a good defense, and I agree with you 
there... in the end, Harry actually put the stone at more risk, as 
far as we can assume. Also, didn't Harry think Dumbledore was gone 
until the next day?

So, Harry acted in his own defense after it being seemingly abandoned 
to him. His only other option was to go to sleep and pray that he 
wouldn't wake up to Voldemort's wand against his forehead.

Josh