Resolving (?) the Riddle

[A.J.]

No: HPFGUIDX 125256


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "naamagatus" <naama_gat at h...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Replying to Renee and Tonks here.
> > 
> > 
> > Renee:
> > If you replace 'dark Christ' by anti-Christ, we would have a
> > reference to the Apocalyps - another indication that the HP series
> > is meant to be a piece of Christian literature about the ultimate
> > battle between Good&Evil and Light&Darkness, and that Harry is a
> > Christ figure. (I'm sure his family name, Potter, has come along
> > repeatedly as a reference to God.) 
> > 
> > Naama:
> > The thing is, Harry really isn't a Christ figure. I have thought 
> long 
> > about this <sounds of everybody thinking "get a life">. Harry, in 
> my 
> > understanding, is Everyman. 

> Geoff:
> Excuse me replying so late to this message. I have been away on 
> holiday for a week and have just finished wading through 400 posts.
> 
> I have, on several occasions,  made similar comments that Harry is 
an 
> everyman but the family name does give rise to some fascination.
> 

John Granger mentions in two of his books (er, _The Hidden Key to 
Harry Potter_, for one) that he thinks it sounds like, if pronounced 
with a certain dialect, Heir-y Pater, i.e. another good candidate for 
Everyman.

Just mentioning that,

--A.J.