Harry'sPowers(was:SHIP: JKR: Recent Comment on the Shipping Controversy)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 102334

Sarah wrote:

I don't know if I'm just being excessively dumb here but I thought
we all knew exactly why Harry survived and Voldemort was defeated -
his mothers sacrifice caused the curse to rebound on Voldemort. So
why would Harry treat it as if it were still unexplained? Because he
didn't want to get into that conversation with Cho?

Can anyone clear this up?


vmonte responds:

Dumbledore says the same thing in the begining of SS/PS. That they 
may never know exactly what happened on that night (when he is 
talking to MM in front of the Dursley house). 

I think that they understand that Lily somehow protected Harry, but 
they are not sure of the exact events that led up to it.  I'm 
guessing that DD knows that Lily saved Harry with an old spell 
because Snape told him.  How else would he even know that much?  Does 
that mean that Snape was there? Or did a painting at the house tell 
DD?     

vivian - I'm confused even more now...