Savior complex? / The Stone (was "Harry and Tom")

[uath50]

No: HPFGUIDX 110852

> Josh <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 stone 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.
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  I think you might have a point, but consider this: Harry thought 
that he was helping by trying to save the stone.  I don't think that 
he was trying to make a better name for himself, I think he thought 
he was helping Dumbledore.

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