The Fundamental Message.../ Heroes...

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 176441

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> wrote:
>
> > 
>  by choosing to die, Harry gavem himself  the rare opportunity 
> to do as his mother did and invoke a powerful protection against 
> Voldemort.  
> 
> Lily, like Narcissa,  only thought  of saving her son. Harry's plan
was to
> protect *everyone* -- and he succeeded. From the moment Harry came
> back to the living world, no one was harmed by Voldemort's magic except 
> Voldemort himself. 
> 
> I  haven't got my book here to quote (I'm in Scotland --yay!) but Harry 
> says he's protected everyone and Voldemort's spells aren't working 
> properly. It sounds like he's bluffing, but he's not and the proof
is that 
> Neville and the Sorting Hat remained unharmed despite being 
> engulfed in Voldemort's magical  flames. (It seems to
> have been other people who were screaming.) 
> 

Renee:
You're right, he succeeded in protecting everyone from Voldemorts
spells. Neville and the Hat are the second proof, the one Harry uses
to try and convince Voldemort, because it's visible to everyone that
the two are unharmed. The first proof was the failed Cruciatus in the
forest, though this isn't interpreted for the reader. But this must be
what made Harry think and come to the conclusion Voldemort's spells
have become harmless.