hero or Hero? (was Re: Is Harry feeling guilty for being alive?)

[Eustace_Scrubb]

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Alla:
> 
> Yes, me too, me too, but I have to say - I sympathise with Harry 
> sygnificantly more than I did with Aragorn. It is due to the fact 
> that when I first saw Aragorn he is an adult, who came to terms
with 
> his destiny and Harry is a normal (or not exactly normal) child who 
> gets stuck with his Destiny and struggles to accept it right in 
> front of my eyes.

Eustace_Scrubb:

I absolutely agree and again it's not just because we're seeing Harry
at the age that he's finding out why he's special, which is backstory
for Aragorn in LOTR.  It's also because we see so much of it from
Harry's own POV, while Aragorn's feelings are rarely discussed by the
rather formal and distant narration of LOTR.

Aragorn's not really there to sympathize with, while Harry definitely
is.  Aragorn's a hero, _not_ The Hero of LOTR.  Harry, while not the
only hero of JKR's series, _is_ The Hero, if there is to be one.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb