Why should Harry save the WW? (Was: McG / DD / ...)

[curlyhornedsnorkack]

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(I wish I could find out who Alla is, but I can't. Sorry. Searching
for anything through "Search Archive" is a joke.)

> Alla:
> 
> >Same question. Why does Harry have a duty to save WW? I am not 
> >talking about metathinking look at all - because Harry is the hero 
> >of the story, etc. I am asking why Harry who does not know that he 
> >is the main character in the books has a duty to save WW, who ,
IMO 
> >treats him quite horribly from times to times.


Great question. I think Harry won't be saving only the WW, but the
regular world as well. Voldemort  and his deatheaters killed lots of
muggles, so it seems that the regular world would be in great danger
if Voldemort won. Harry wouldn't be much safer in the regular world if
all he wanted to do was to save himself. And why is it Harry who has
to save everything? Perhaps because he's just  in the wrong place at
the wrong time. 
 
The question of whether Harry has the duty to save the WW brings up
the question of whether it is a good idea to save the WW. The WW
society is very flawed,  filled with seriously disturbed people who
wield immense power. It sort of reminds me of ourselves and weapons of
mass destruction, etc. I think this topic was touched upon in one of
the Must Read posts. (Sorry - I could not find it).  Perhaps a
resolution of this in the books will be that the entire WW will lose
its magic. I'm predicting it for book 7.

I won't go anymore into whether the WW deserves to lose its magic
since discussions of what's naughty or nice or  moral or immoral
don't interest me if they don't predict anything about the outcome of
the story or don't challenge or validate the realism of the
characters,  but it's another thought to ponder.

-Snorky