Who would Harry save?

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 123525


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
I think I think Lily was able, with her magic, to put an image of 
herself in her baby's mind, that would be like an 'imaginary mum' 
(by analogy with 'imaginary friend') who would cuddle Harry and tell 
him that he's a good kid who doesn't deserve Dursley abuse and tell 
him about how decent people behave, thus being that one caring adult 
said to be necessary to even a 'resilient' child's survival of 
serious abuse, and an example of goodness he could learn from.
> 
(SNIP)> 
> When Harry resisted the Imperius Curse, the Curse's Moody-voice in 
his head told him to jump up on the desk, and "another voice had 
awoken in the back of his brain. Stupid to do, really, said the 
voice." I believe that that other voice is what's left of the image-
Lily after all these years; she doesn't appear often, she appears as 
Harry's voice instead of her own, (Snip)

Tonks here:

Harry did have his loving mother for 15 months before her death.  
This would have been a very critical time for his emotional and 
mental development. (Something that Tom Riddle did not have, by the 
way.) During this time Harry would have taken a mental 
representation of his mother into himself as part of normal 
development. This probably contributes to why he is so good. It may 
not be the only reason, but it did certainly help him to get started 
on the right footing. (Again something that Tom Riddle did not 
have.) And this mental representation would have enabled him to 
*self soothe*.  It also contributes to his basic trust, which I do 
think that he has. 

As to the wee small voice. Everyone has that. It is a part of each 
of us if we stop and listen to it. It is our *higher self*. The part 
of the self that some say is connected to the spiritual world. It 
often only comes out when a person is in serious danger.

Tonks_op