Of Sorting and Snape

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 175503

> lizzyben:
> Yeah, that whole message about the Power of Love got lost somewhere 
> along the way, didn't it? It came down to whose wand had more 
power -
>  oh, and the only way to get a powerful wand is to take it from 
> another wizard by force. Might Makes Right might be the real 
message 
> here.

zgirnius:
The ending of the book had two major confrontations between Harry and 
Voldemort. The first (in "The Forest Again") had the Power of Love 
*all* over it. Snape's love for Lily, which motivated him to tell 
Harry what he needed to know to defeat Voldmeort, and Harry's self-
sacrificing love for his friends which made him willing to do what it 
took. Harry and his deceased loved ones' love that helped give Harry 
the strength to do it. The blood protection thingy which explains why 
Harry survived it, which goes back to Lily's love for her child. And 
probably more love that I am forgetting or have not yet thought of.

The second confrontation would not have been possible, were it not 
for Narcissa's love for Draco, which motivated her to betray 
Voldemort, so Love was not entirely absent from that scene either.