[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's Final Straw

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 150880

gelite67 wrote:

>  >    KJ writes:
>  >       I don't see Snape's character truly being revealed until the
> last
>  > possible moment. I don't believe that killing is what JKR had in
> mind
>  > for Harry to do. That is definitely Snape's role. I can see Harry
> coming
>  > face to face with both of them, and Snape, at the last moment,
> giving up
>  > his life to take out Voldemorte. It seems to me that this is the
> only
>  > role left for Snape if he is to live up to the "redemptive" quality
>  > discussed by JKR.
>  >
>  > >Angie again:
> Interesting, very interesting.  Just wondering how the the Prophesy
> fits into your theory, since it seems to imply that Harry must be the
> one to kill Voldemort.

KJ writes:

     If, as I suspect, Harry is carrying what might be the final piece 
of Voldy's soul, that alone gives him the power to vanquish him. The 
prophecy speaks of "power" as a synonym for ability. Because so much of 
the book is about sacrifice, and because so many of Harry's loved ones 
are "on the other side", it seems likely to me that Harry will make the 
same decision to sacrifice himself to put a final end to Voldemorte. I 
think JKR will have Harry's mother and father, and Sirius, and probably 
Remus as well waiting to welcome him (just to make the readers feel 
better).To my way of thinking, this would play out much better than if 
Harry actually killed Voldemorte's body, leaving Snape the task of 
killing Harry. I can't see that scenario adding anything to the book, or 
of making the point of "choice". Harry has always been willing to place 
himself in harm's way to help or protect his friends, and I don't see 
this as much different. His ability to give up his life to a greater 
good gives him the power to vanquish Voldy. It would certainly be the 
"power Voldemorte knows not". Just my guess at the ending, don't kill 
me. I like Harry, I really do!

KJ