Defied three times (Re: Is (was) Harry a squib? )

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 108283

> > Snow:
> > James and Lily would have to have had been extremely talented at 
> > defense against the dark arts to have defied Voldemort three 
times 
> > and still, at that point, been alive to tell the story (we 
haven't heard). 
 
Magda:
> No, they wouldn't; they'd just have to be confident, courageous
> people with sound moral instincts.  "Defied" means rejected or 
stood
> up to, not "defended themselves against".


Jen: This part interests me because it seems like in order to defy 
Voldemort, denouncing him is a big part of the defiance. Dumbledore 
said Harry has defied him four times now, and each time Harry 
rejects what Voldemort stands for, as well as defending himself 
against him:

Book 1: Calls LV a liar and refuses him when he says, "Don't be a 
fool... better save your own life and join me." (SS, chap. 17, p. 
294).

Book 2: Tells LV that Dumbledore is the greatest wizard in the 
world, rejecting him again.

Book 4: Harry defiantly resists the Imperius curse and refuses to 
obey Voldemort's commands.

Book 5: Harry literally rejects Voldemort from his body when his 
heart fills with pain and love for Sirius.

I think those are the four times anyway, I debated between the 
defiance in OOTP and when Harry was a baby, but decided since it was 
Lily's sacrifice, that would be *her* defiance. As an aside, since 
James & Lily defied LV the night at Godric's Hollow, wouldn't that 
be four times for them as well?


Jen Reese