AFRAID TO DIE

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No: HPFGUIDX 106727

Fear! Fear! Fear!

Why does everyone in the Wizarding World refrain from saying 
Voldemort? Fear
Why do wizards choose to become ghosts? Fear

Dumbledore himself states in the first book chap. The Man with Two 
Faces pg. 298: "Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name 
for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."
Voldemort thrives and becomes stronger through the fears of his 
victims. COS chap. The Heir of Slytherin pg. 310: "
So Ginny poured 
out her soul to me, and her soul happened to be exactly what I 
wanted
 I grew stronger and stronger on a diet of her deepest fears
"

There are two things we know about Harry and fear. The first is the 
fact that he grew up with muggles and never learned that he was to 
fear saying the name Voldemort. SS chap. The Journey from Platform 
Nine and Three-Quarters pg. 100: 
"I'm not trying to be brave or anything, saying the name," said 
Harry, "I just never knew you shouldn't."  Dumbledore was pretty 
smart teaching Harry not to be afraid by sending him to live with 
muggles. 
The second time is in POA chap. Flight of the Fat Lady pg. 155: "I 
see," said Lupin thoughtfully. "Well, well
I'm impressed. He smiled 
slightly at the look of surprise on Harry's face. "That suggests that 
what you fear most of all is –fear. Very wise, Harry." 
Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "There's nothing to fear but fear itself" 
which is exactly what Harry fears. On the other hand, Voldemort does 
have a fear, the fear of death, just like Nearly Headless Nick and 
all the other ghosts who chose this form of not living nor dieing 
because of their fear. What was it that Nick said, that sometimes he 
regrets this decision. To live and not be truly alive may just be 
worse than death itself. 

OOP chap. The Only One He Ever Feared pg. 814: "There is nothing 
worse than death, Dumbledore!" snarled Voldemort. "You are quite 
wrong, " said Dumbledore
"Indeed, your failure to understand that 
there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest 
weakness-" 
If you are to fight your opponent and win you must use their greatest 
weaknesses against them. Dumbledore knows Voldemort's weakness, which 
is most likely why he fears Dumbledore. Voldemort's weakness is 
Harry's greatest strength, not to be afraid. OOP chap. The Lost 
Prophecy pg. 823: "There is no shame in what you are feeling Harry," 
said Dumbledore's voice. "On the contrary
the fact that you can feel 
pain like this is your greatest strength."  Harry was not afraid to 
die when Voldemort attempted to possess Harry; therefore fearlessness 
or bravery is Harry's greatest strength. 


Snow 
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live"-Albus 
Dumbledore