Harry's character development

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 139487

phoenixgod2000:
Ultimately I think JKR is going to redeem Draco even though I think 
he probably shouldn't. He doesn't deserve it and I think there needs 
to be some contempory of Harry who well and irrevocably falls to the 
dark. I want Draco to be this student.

Lupinlore:
This is, of course, well in keeping with the standards of certain
kinds of fantasy, particularly fantasy that's influenced by Christian
beliefs. Frodo had no skills or powers with which to oppose Sauron,
the children who stumbled through the wardrobe had no abilities with
which to directly battle the White Witch. It is the convention of
such things that victory arises from weakness and humility, not from
power.

Geoff:
The whole point of Christian belief is that no one deserves 
redemption. No one has the power to oppose the devil. "All have 
sinned and come short of the glory of God."

It is not a /convention/ that victory arises from weakness and 
humility, it is part of Jesus' teaching: "The meek shall inherit the 
earth".

It is only when we see that chasing our own desires or seeking power 
over others for our own aggrandisment doesn't work that the truth 
can come to us - sometimes in a blinding flash of revelation - it 
happened that way with Saul of Tarsus. It could yet happen with 
someone lke Draco who is beginning to think for himself and see that 
following Voldemort is not all beer and skittles.

Again, he could fall into the dark. People who knew Jesus closely 
still fell away and were lsot - the classic case was Judas Iscariot.