Harry using Crucio -- Code of the Playground

[Dennis Grant]

No: HPFGUIDX 174600

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie"
<sistermagpie at ...> wrote:

> Harry's the hero of a seven book epic about the battle against evil, 
> where he's the figurehead of good,

I think this is where you get into trouble; Harry isn't the figurehead
of good; he is the figurehead of HUMAN.

Other people keep trying to cast him as the "figurehead of good" and
he keeps rejecting it. He is NOT some sort of archetype. He is a poor,
orphaned kid, forced into direct conflict with the premiere evil of
his time by nothing more than sheer happenstance, and he manages to
overcome that evil through a lot of messy hard work and an act of
duty, involving the supreme sacrifice.

The kid isn't a saint; he a soldier - and those that know soldiers
know they ain't plaster saints.
 
DG