[HPforGrownups] What saved Harry?

[zehms at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 142624

According to JKR, Lily was the only person ever given the choice to live but 
instead sheilded her son.

JKR stated that had LV gone after Neville and had Alice protected Neville, 
Neville would have become the "chosen one", but LV chose the baby of the parents 
most likely to be more troublesome for him, there was something powerful 
about James and Lily that made LV feel that their child would most likely develop 
the abilities to "vanquish" him.

I think that given the opportunity many parents would have shielded their 
child or loved one from LV, however, as was the case with James, LV killed them 
too quickly to give someone the opportunity.

JKR stated in the Leaky Cauldren interview that instead of asking how Harry 
was saved, she has already given us this answer Lily's simple act of love saved 
Harry, we should be asking WHY LILY WAS GIVEN A CHOICE...No one prior to Lily 
was allowed to 'step aside', so the real question is not What saved Harry, 
but why was LV willing to save Lily?

szehms


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