Harry and prophecy Was:: Chapter Thirty seven - The lost prophecy

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Alla earlier:
12.  Do you think that this chapter was well done "plot wise"? I 
don't remember my complete reaction when I read it for the first 
time, but I remember that disappointment was definitely there.  I 
was thinking something like "that is the big secret"? 
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David: 
I thought the chapter was very well done. Harry's throwing of DD's 
trinkets was too childish and out of character for my image of 
Harry, but that would be my only criticism. 
I'm surprised you were let-down by the prophecy. I was shocked by 
it. To be told you either have to kill or be killed. To realize you 
alone are responsible for taking out V'mort, that you alone have the 
power. You can't run. You can't hide. V'mort will either hunt you 
down or continue his path to world domination, wiping out what few 
things in your life that you love.

You parents are killed, you have to live with relatives that treat 
you worse than a dog, you have some jerk-wad maniac trying to kill 
you, your god-father gets killed, and then you find out you either 
have to kill or be killed. Geez...most people would go nuts or 
>become drug-addicts.



Alla:

Hey, David. I think I should clarify. I was not let down by the 
burden Harry has to carry. I definitely felt and feel for him very 
much. I was feeling let down by the fact that it was revealed 
through the Prophecy. I was definitely dissapointed by the fact that 
Dumbledore considers Harry's future to be predetermined.

But I come to think more  and more that JKR's world is MUCH more 
predetermined that I used to think because our choices " show what 
we are", not "determine".

I guess I would prefer that Harry would suspect, anticipate his 
showdown with Voldemort, but not know for sure.

On the other hand, I guess at the end of book 5 JKR could not allow 
such uncertainty, herein the Prophecy.


JMO,

Alla