What's in the locked room?

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 89047

Sylvia wrote:
I go along with TRUTH. It's a much more abstract and difficult
concept to grasp than Love, or Self-sacrifice. The nature of truth
has been debated for centuries, without anyone coming to a definitive
conclusion. Pilate asked Jesus "What is truth" and as Swinburne
pointed out, failed to wait for a reply. I'd quite like to think that
JKR is endeavouring to supply the answer Pilate couldn't wait for.

vmonte responds:
I think truth is very subjective. Just look at how history is
recorded. Each side (example: in war) will record history through
their subjective point of view.
Whatever is behind the door is also something that Harry's mother and
Harry have in abundance. We don't really know much about Lily except
that she gave up her life to save her son. She has unconditional
love,she's courageous, and she is also compassionate towards others
(she sticks up for Snape in the pensieve scene).

Harry also has unconditional love towards his friends, he is
courageous, and he is compassionate towards others (he stands up for
Neville, he frees Dobby, and he feels bad for Luna at the end of
OOTP, to name just a few instances). He has love for humanity and is
selfless, even when he is treated badly (he saves Dudley from the
dementors, even though Dudley is often cruel).

Voldemort is the exact opposite of Harry and Lily. He is a petty
criminal who feels sorry for himself because he didn't have the
parents he felt he should have. He is a bitter loser, without
compassion, love, or humanity.

Harry had a lousy life before he entered Hogwarts but he chose to not
let that life define him. It is his great strength, and Voldemort's
greatest weakness.

Finally, Harry is also fearless; and Voldemort is a coward who fears
death. Something that Harry and his mother do/did not fear.

Here is the definition of humanity:
The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and 
sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or 
animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and 
tenderness. "The common offices of humanity and friendship." 

vmonte 

(Funny, Snape doesn't seem to have many of these qualities either. If 
he is working for the OOTP he is probably in it for something. 
I wonder what he wants, or was promised?)