What's in the locked room?

sawsan_issa sawsan_issa at earthlink.net
Wed Jan 21 04:32:18 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 89289

I understand that Love is very popular theory, but JKR has already
said that Love is close, but not exactly what is locked in the DoM. I
honestly like the many different theories floating around now, like
Life, Love, and Truth, etc, and I think that they all are very
possible. Each one has its own way of fitting into the description of
what is in the locked room, but then again, they also have certain
points that dont seem to fit. 

I wish I had that interview's link, but I cant find it anymore. 

Whatever it is, it has to be something that is so easy it stumps us
all; or maybe not.

I honestly think love is too easy, and at the same time, I don't see
that much love in Harry's life anyway. I mean yeah his mom saved him,
and yeah he loves his friends and Sirius and such, but think of how
much lack of love he has had. I mean, he lived with the Dursleys and
even said that they dont love him at the end of OotP. He has his close
friends and such, and they all love him, but he has suffered quite
alot, don't you think? He has lived the majority of his life with no
friends and no loving family, he goes to school and for the most part
has been disliked or hated for some reason or another. Yes his mother
saved his life and her sacrifice lives on in him, but even in the
mirror of erised, he longed for his parents' love, because he never
got it directly and on a daily basis.

Harry finally has friends that are wonderful, and a few adults who
care very much for him, but love is a new thing for Harry, its not
something that he has had all the time nor exhibits very well. He
saves his friends and such as much as possible, but thats just the way
he is. He is a great wizard, a loyal and loving friend, but I don't
see the love thing as something he has had in him all along; he has
had a miserable life, similarly to Voldi, so I don't see that being
something Voldi could not stand. THe difference, as DD pointed out at
the end of CoS, is that Harry chooses to lead a good life and to be a
good guy, when Tommy Boy Riddle does not.

Can't wait to find out what it is though :P I hope Book 6 is not too
long of a wait. 

Sawsan, who hopes that her midnight writing is comprehensible.






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