Harry's experiences : what's missing ?

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No: HPFGUIDX 116606


> Carol responds:
> I can't see Harry being tempted to go over to the side that killed 
his
> parents (and, unless Pippin is right, Sirius as well), but I can
> certainly see him being tempted to use the other side's weapons. 
We've
> already seen him attempting to use a Crucio and the lesson of what
> happened to Barty Sr. when he allowed the aurors to use 
Unforgiveable
> Curses apparently has not sunk in. I don't think he can (or should)
> use Voldemort's weapons any more than Frodo can (or should) use the
> One Ring. Harry needs to learn that evil begins with the desire to 
use
> or harm others and that it cannot be defeated by its own weapons. 
That
> would only substitute one Dark Lord for another (and, no, I'm not
> reading LOTR into HP though I see the parallel).
> 
> I wonder what means Dumbledore used to defeat Grindelwald and why 
that
> question has never been raised by Harry and his friends.
>


Alla:

Hmmm. Somebody recently brought Frodo into debate too. Carol, I have 
a feeling you are right in a sense that Voldemort will be defeated 
by unconventional weapon (Love and all that stuff), but Harry is SO 
MUCH better character to me that Frodo even if due to the fact that 
he TRIED to use the other side weapons and failed . In the moment of 
the greatest pain, even than, he did not have enough hate in his 
heart to cast Crucio.

Yeah, he tried, but what matters to me is that he failed. Frodo on 
the other side is just so Blah as character with no temptation to 
use other side weapon present (well, I guess he wanted to use a 
Ring, but just not strongly enough). Boromir was so much better.