Harry's Protection (was Re: Questions)

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No: HPFGUIDX 119249


Jen Reese snipped:

To me, self-sacrifice must be for a greater or higher purpose to be
something other than killing yourself. I'm not trying to sound tacky
there, but do you know what I mean? True, pure self-sacrifice is
about Love in the end.

Snow:
I guess in the end it is about Love but Harry feels little love when 
he attempts to save Gabriel or Dudley, it is more like a reaction to 
a situation. There is no time for Harry to think if he should or 
shouldn't save either one of these people, yet he does. It could be a 
greater love than even Harry understands that he possesses, somewhat 
unconditional.

Jen:
And then there's the question of how Harry came to have this power
and Voldemort not at all. Did Voldemort reject this power in his
quest for immortality or never have it to begin with? We know he
wasn't born evil, he must have possessed this power in *some* small
quantity at least.

Snow:
According to the prophecy, Harry was born with the `power' to 
vanquish the dark lord. Harry already had this power but it may have 
become reinforced with his mother's protection. As Harry grows and 
questions his own behavior, after the fact, he may learn how to 
control this power to its eventual necessity to defeat Voldemort.

I don't believe we know enough about Voldemort's past to make an 
actual assumption of why. Some people take advantage of their past as 
an excuse for their present, so it may be with Voldemort. Harry had 
similar circumstances to Tom Riddle but Harry has not condemned 
anyone for his more than neglected childhood like Tom Riddle chose to 
do with his father's denial. Tom chose to accentuate the negative, 
which made him bitter whereas Harry chose to see his glass as half-
full.  

Snow