JKR excerps from a magazine

[catherinemckiernan]

No: HPFGUIDX 94484

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathy King" <kking0731 at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> I know that a lot of people enjoy, along with myself, interviews 
from Jkr. I 
> recently bought a magazine, which is a collector's edition 
of "Movie Magic". 
> There are a few quotes that (to me) answer a few of the questions 
that have 
> come up in the posts. I am just copying a few excerpts from the 
article. 
> Jkr:
> 
> 
"Harry," she continued, "is someone forced to make his own choices 
in life. 
> He has very limited access to truly caring adults and he is guided 
by 
> conscience. He makes mistakes, repeatedly, but, like I said, he is 
> ultimately guided by his conscience. He is also flanked by two 
friends. They 
> work far better as a team than apart, though Harry tends to be the 
one who 
> has to shoulder most of the burden. He is the true hero in that 
sense. Then 
> there's Hermione, who is really the brain of the outfit, and Ron, 
who is 
> also a very brave character."


<snip second paragraph> 
 
> What I had found interesting was that twice in the first paragraph 
she 
> repeats that Harry is guided by his conscience. Isn't that the 
little voice 
> inside your head, so to speak?

Catherine McK

But isn't the little voice inside Harry's head Lord Voldemort....?

I suppose that JKR is saying that Harry, with little guidance from 
the more experienced, can only do what he thinks is right – Ron and 
Hermione help with the practicalities. Perhaps the message of the 
books is that Harry has to learn not to be guided by his conscience, 
but to accept the considered advice of people he can trust (like 
Hermione), both to share the burden and to have a higher chance of 
making the right choice. 

Catherine McK