Harry as a Non-crux - a few thoughts.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 157828

Some of you will know from my previous posts that I am a 
dyed-in-the-wool, unregenerate, pig-headed, obsessive 
believer that Harry is not a Horcrux as well as being a fully 
paid-up member of the IWHTLC (I want Harry to Live Club).

If I might reiterate some of my thoughts on the topic of 
Harry being a Non-crux – why do I want to believe this? 
Because I believe that Harry as a Horcrux flies in the face of 
Dumbledore's oft-quoted comment:
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far 
more than our abilities." (COS "Dobby's Reward" p.245 UK 
edition)

It has been observed by many contributors to the group that 
Dumbledore is echoing JKR who, as the author, makes much 
of choice. Dumbledore again makes the matter clear: "Remember, 
if the time should come when you have to make a choice 
between what is right and what is easy, remember what 
happened to a boy who was good and kind and brave 
because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort" 
(GOF "The Beginning" p.628 UK edition).

This for me also ties in with the question of whether Harry will 
still be alive at the end.

If Harry is indeed a Horcrux than we know that he will have 
to die in order for Voldemort to be destroyed once and for all. 
He could make the choice of running away and hiding; 
unfortunately, this does not draw a line under the future of 
the wizarding world because he would have to be constantly 
on the run. 

The alternative is to face Voldemort knowing that he will go 
down with him. And that places him on a hiding to nothing. 
He has got no real choice in that eventuality. OK, in the real 
world, that situation occurs. As the anniversary of 11th 
September is almost on us again, I remember that some of 
our US friends were faced with that choice when they opted 
to tackle the terrorists on the fourth plane and brought it down. 

But I do believe that the way in which Jo Rowling has constructed
her story has encouraged folk of all ages; for Harry not to 
emerge alive from a final encounter would undo the integrity 
of the themes in the eyes of many people. What I have written 
are obviously subjective, personal views and not everyone will 
agree with me but I shall be deeply disappointed if Harry failed 
to reach the end of Book 7.

Final thought. Now, if Harry is a Horcrux - or carrying a Horcrux 
– depending on your view, and if Voldemort knows that he is, 
why has he attempted to kill Harry on several occasions which 
would not do the soul fragment in him a lot of good?

There are times when I frequently wish that JKR hadn't invented 
the damned things. Perhaps I should return to reading my Oxford 
Latin Dictionary for light relief....
:-)