Possession

[thetruthisoutthere_13]

No: HPFGUIDX 89965

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

Kneasy

> 
> A dark entity, able to possess mortals in it's aim of propagating
> an old evil is not a particularly uncommon device  in the annals of
> horror and fantasy.  . . . 
> Admittedly, crunching Voldy's custom-made corporeal container may
> not destroy the evil within, it could transfer to a new victim.
> Now who might that be?
> 
> Makes one wonder at DD's dictum "There are worse things than death"


There is two more Dumbledore quotes to keep in mind: 
(paraphrase) "It's our choices that define us more than our 
abilities" and (actual quote): "Remember, if the time should come 
when you have to make the choice between what is right and what is 
easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and 
brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort."

If Voldemort is in fact possessed by some evil spirit and not acting 
under his free will, then Rowling's villian is acting contrary to 
her main points in the book of making good choices and doing what is 
right, not easy. Unless, of course, Voldemort chose to be possessed 
by true evil, and that chose would have to be a conscious choice and 
not blind seduction.

If you think about it, Dudley, who is a contrast to Harry because 
they grew up in the same house, will always take the easy path, not 
the right one. Dudley, Draco, and Voldemort are on the same spectrum 
of the easy instead of right/moral path. Sirius, by all "nurture" 
standards, should have been on a similar path to Draco, yet chose 
the "right" path. I wonder how, or if, Rowling will account for the 
nature vs nurture question.

-kg