The theory of Harry Potter symbolising the Path of Alchemical Liberation.

[cat_kind]

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> > Catkind wrote: Sorry if I sound a bit confrontational here, Hans. 
> > I'm genuinely interested in your posts because I think there's 
> > things about the HP characters in there that would make for 
> > interesting discussion if only I could figure out what you're 
> > actually saying. I woulden't be replying otherwise.
> 
> 
> KarentheUnicorn's reply:
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> Heck if I wanted to be silly...and of course I can...I can compare the 
> story to the 3 little pigs if I want.  3...the three main Characters 
> Hermione, Ron, and Harry. Who is in the straw house, who is in the 
> stick house..who is in the brick house....hey..Who is the big bad 
> wolf?? For that matter...where did that pig buy his bricks anyway? 
> (laughs) Ok let's get back on topic.
> 
> For me personally I really don't like comparing the Harry Potter 
> books to a religion or a belief system...of course some have taken 
> up the banner and turned the potter universe into their own 
> religion...while I really have no problem with that per say as I'm 
> a big fan too and can be a little excited and like stuff to an 
> extreme sometime, I just don't see how the comparison 
> really...meh..tells me anything.
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catkind:  Actually, I think it can be fascinating to make comparisons,
as long as we remember that they are just that, comparisons, and not
maps of JKR's brain.

So who is the Big Bad Wolf?  And which pig is which? If Harry is the
hero, then presumably his house is built of bricks.  Voldemort would
of course be the wolf.  Aha!  But doesn't that mean we should expect
two of our heroes' houses to fall down?  Will two of our heroes give
in or be defeated by LV? Or even be converted? 

Or has the fairytale already been fulfilled in OotP when both Hermione
and Ron were downed in the Dept of Mysteries? But how could their
defeats there be attributed to the use of inferior materials in
housebuilding? 

And how is the wolf to be defeated? Firstly, we need strong walls
around us. Learn Occlumency, Harry! We have to outwit the wolf, and
never do what he expects. Then the wolf will try to come within our
walls and fight on our own terms, and we are to leave a kettle of
boiling water under the only available entrance.  So perhaps the way
to defeat LV is to set some kind of trap for him? Let him think he is
possessing Harry, when in fact someone else is lying in wait for him?

Or here's another theory.  The wolf is Draco Malfoy, and our heroes'
houses fall down when they fall to his taunting and lose their
tempers.  Ron is easily needled,  Harry not so often, Hermione with
her brick house is protected by her rational nature. Can Hermione set
a trap for Malfoy to give him a final comeuppance? 
And we might think about what our three piggies have built their
houses out of.  Hermione, it is clear, builds her house out of
learning.  What about Ron? Perhaps his house is built of jokes and
fun? Harry's bricks must be love, as that seems to be the driving
force behind his resistance to LV.
The point I'm trying to make is that even such a silly comparison as
this can give us pointers to analysing the characters in the books, to
seeing the past in a different light, and to speculating about the
future of the story.

Narrative causality rules!
catkind