Harry's moral core vs. Voldie's

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 117562


Kelsey wrote :
> <snip> And we don't know the
> circumstances of the death of Tom's Slytherin-heir mother (who fell
in love with a Muggle). [insert outrageous theory about her
sacrificial death here]. I think that, deep in the psyche of these two
children, the abandonment issues are _about_ equal."
> 
> Del replied:
> Not necessarily. Harry was loved during 15 months. Tom might not
have been. This could be enough to create a major difference between
the two.
>

Carol notes:
We know that she lived just long enough to give Tom a name. To all
intents and purposes, she died in childbirth. That, I suppose, is a
kind of sacrifice--she gave her life for his--but it wasn't a
deliberate action, a choice, as Lily's sacrifice was. (Or Mrs.
Crouch's, for that matter.) Mrs. Riddle making the effort as she's
dying to name her son after his father and her own strikes me as an
act of love not only for the infant but for the two men involved. Sad
that one of them was the wretch who abandoned his pregnant wife, and
unfortunate that Tom could have no memory of that loving moment.

Carol, hoping the mothers on the list will understand the significance
of such a moment