Is Harry feeling guilty for being alive ?

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> Del;
>  The next question would be : why did JKR make him feel guilty to 
> start with ? There could be many reasons, but I can think of 2 
main 
> ones.
> 
>  1. So that he doesn't ask questions she doesn't want answered yet.
> 
>  2. So that he starts saving people. 
> 
> Becki;
> I think both answers apply, but most importantly, it has to be 2. 
> Harry is the savior.



Alla:


Subconscious survivor guilt? Quite possibly. I always thought that 
guilt (for the most part imaginary one) is a very large part of who 
Harry's character is. The question I have again is when did it start 
and how subconscious is it?

Harry does not remember how his parents died (unless you want to 
argue of course that he really remembers more than green flash and 
flying motorbikes). Dursleys, no matter how horrible they are, never 
blame Harry for his parents death. How would he know?


Sure, this guilt may develop when he learns the truth, but it also 
does not happen right away and by that time, he already has more 
positive reasons to fight - to protect people he loves.

So, in short my position is that guilt is there, just not developed 
from the early childhood. I think that his guilt over Cedric's and 
Sirius' deaths is MUCH stronger that any guilt over his parents 
death.