[HPforGrownups] Resolving "In Essence Divided" With The Prophecy

[Batchevra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 107342

In a message dated 7/22/04 12:58:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
entropymail at yahoo.com writes:

>b)Similarly, Harry has lived most of his life "hosting" much of
Voldemort's spirit; as a half-Harry/half-Voldie being.  Of course, he
wasn't aware of it at first, but as Voldemort has regained strength
and power, so has the other half of Voldemort's spirit currently
residing in Harry, and Harry is becoming more and more aware of the
evil residing within him.  Harry's life has been divided.[/i]

There are lots of clues to this beyond Dumbledore's "in essence
divided" comment. Don't forget how the centaur referred to someone
(Voldemort) who survived by drinking unicorns' blood: as living a
half-life.  And then there are all of those puzzling references
throughout the series to twins, pairs, mates, and such. Where are they
leading us? Perhaps they are pointing us to the fact that, as long as
we have known them,  both Harry and Voldie have been split.  Neither
Harry nor Voldemort  has led a life as a complete being.<

Something just clicked for me today when I was rereading OOTP, Harry, has at 
different times thought of Neville as replacing him, on the Quidditch team in 
his dream in POA, telling the Stan Shunpike of the Knight Bus that he was 
Neville. Knowing the bond between Voldemort and Harry, I was thinking that 
Voldemort was influencing Harry into thinking of Neville. That would support the idea 
that Bellatrix and the other DEs went to the Longbottoms because Voldemort 
was talking and plotting against Harry and Neville at the same time. IMO

Batchevra
  


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