Harry's Power (was: A few random thoughts)

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"tyleradelphia" wrote:

> It has been implied and even stated by some 
> of the characters that Harry is a great 
> wizard but other than the ability to fly good
> right off the bat and the patronus he has not
> shown any thing but courage (or bull headedness). 

I can think of 7 times Harry showed extraordinary power, there are
probably more:

1) Harry is the only one to receive the AK curse and live. Well OK
Voldemort did too but Harry just got a minor cut on his forehead while
Voldemort nearly died with far more serious injuries. Actually Harry
has received all three Unforgivable curses and overcome them all.

2) At age eleven with no instruction Harry could fly better than
anyone his age and better than most wizards of any age. 

3) In all of recorded history only 3 wizards have been able to speak
Parseltong. Harry is one of them. 

4) Harry could produce a Patronis at a extraordinary young age, but
more important, it was so powerful it awed even Hermione because the
only other wizard she knew who could repel a hundred Dementors was 
Dumbledore. 

5) Harry could easily overcome the Imperious Curse, something even
formidable wizards like the real Moody and Crouch junior and senior
found extremely difficult to do. It took them years and then were only
partially successful,it only took Harry a few minutes to beat it
entirely.  

6) I can't think of a better demonstration of pure raw power than the
scene in GoF where Harry engages man to man in magical arm wrestling
with the most powerful dark wizard in a thousand years and wins.

7) Voldemort was able to possess Ginny and even a defense against the
dark arts teacher for months, but when he tried to do the same thing
to Harry he had to retreat in defeat after just a few seconds. 

Eggplant