Harry's Defining Qualities (Was Re: Book 7 predictions)

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No: HPFGUIDX 98248

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eustace_Scrubb" <dk59us at y...> wrote:
> 
> Harry uses whatever tools he finds available to fight for what he
> believes is right and to survive to the next battle and so far he's
> left none of his friends behind.  (He may blame himself for Sirius'
> death, but wrongly in  my opinion...and besides, he didn't lead Sirius
> to the MoM in the same way he led his five schoolmates.)
> 
> One suspects that the stakes--and therefore the desperation--are going
> to get higher in each of the last two books.  But when he's
> in a seemingly hopeless situation, he'll come through.
> 

Defining quality? There's  really only one - he's lucky. My word he is.

Consider the times  he's been in mortal danger and how he escapes.
Quirrell going to pieces; Fawkes, a snapped off Basilisk fang and an
old diary; a conflict of wands; DD  turning up out of the blue. None 
of those events could have been forseen, logically deduced or counted
on. Each time something outside his control came to his rescue. 
He got lucky.

And luck is a quality; not for nothing did Napoleon ask when considering
senior promotions "Is he lucky?"

Kneasy