Harry as Murderer?

[Argus Pyrites]

No: HPFGUIDX 158181

Miles wrote:

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> And I'm quite sure, that she will not make her hero Harry doing 
> something so important she herself thinks is wrong in terms of ethics.

Argus Pyrites responds:

I was hesitant to add anything because about 70% of me agrees with your 
assessment. But. Of course there is a but, or I would have stayed quiet.

There is the small matter of the prophecy. Harry knows that, according 
to this, one of them must die at the others hand. Now, I know that 
prophecies do not have to be binding, Dumbledore has told us that. But 
that is the problem with prophecies... once they are known, they become 
self-fulfilling. I can see Harry deciding that he must murder 
Voldemort, because it is his job, his quest, and noone elses. He wishes 
to kill Voldemort himself, because he does not want anyone else to 
die "doing his job".

Yes, I can see about fifty ways that the following plot might flip, but 
for now, Harry believes his quest is this --

"... and then I've got to go after the seventh bit of Voldemort's soul, 
the bit that's still in his body, and I'm the one that's going to kill 
him." HBP 651 US HB

I think that Mrs. Rowling is quite capable of having him do it. In my 
opinion, a writer who has killed off two of her main characters 
already, has proven that her allegience is to her story. If she sees 
the story ending with Harry killing Voldemort, she'll do it. She has 
already proven that he can be compassionate in a difficult situation. 
Perhaps it's time for her to show him doing what must be done, and 
growing, by taking on a man's burden.