Pity for Voldemort

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 104899

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
{snip}
> First he's an orphan who was raised in an orphanage.[snip]

> Third, all the time he spends looking for the CoS makes me feel that
> he was craving a feeling of *belonging*, of *family*. [snip]

Demetra:
Your post made me think again about how closely Tom Riddle's 
childhood was to Harry's.  Both orphans, raised in an environment of 
abuse/indifference.  We know Harry's deepest desire was a *family*, 
Tom's may have been also.  
Yet, look where their life paths have taken them and how differently 
they have turned out.  Tom stayed focused on only himself, his needs 
and his desire for revenge.  Harry, on the other hand, cares about 
others, sometimes putting others needs before his own safety.  He has 
empathy for other's suffering (like Luna having her belongings taken, 
etc).  I think this ability to empathize (which is a form of love) is 
the quality that Harry has in abundance.  

Alla wrote previously:
> > Will Harry decide that Voldemort or Tom deserves his pity? I am
> > afraid yes that that is where JKR is going.

Demetra:
Yes, I think that JKR is going in that direction.  Harry will see the 
boy Tom was and what he has become and think there but for the grace 
of God, go I.