Killing and Morality/Sarah Monette(SPOILERS) and JKR WAS: Re: JKR's Opinion

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No: HPFGUIDX 179959

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 
 
> Betsy Hp:
> And I did. <g>  School wasn't a refuge for Harry or the muggle-born 
> Hermione.  Ron's family wasn't going to be safe in a Voldemort run 
> world either.  Harry's hunt for the hallows was a purely selfish 
> desire to better understand a dead guy who'd meant a lot to him.  

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>>Betsy Hp:
> > > I think the Trio does what benefits them personally. And,        
> > > fortunately, what benefits them personally also benefits the WW. 

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> I'm not saying that what benefited the Trio didn't also benefit their 
> world.  But I am saying I didn't seem them do things for others that 
> they did not see a gain in it for them as well. 


So because they would have suffered under a WW ruled by Voldemort, you
consider their motives selfish? By your logic, it seems to me that
most people who go to war do it for selfish reasons. That does not
make their sacrifice worthless. 

Hermione could always go back and live as a Muggle for a while. She'd
hate it, I'm sure, but she could have gone to Australia with her
parents and waited it out. So I don't think she had to go horcrux
hunting with Harry and I think she did it at great personal sacrifice.
Ron could have stayed home. Sure, his family would suffer in the
Voldemort ruled world, but there are plenty of people who would suffer
under Voldemort. They weren't all out hunting for the horcruxes,
living in cold and hunger for the better part of a year. 


> Betsy Hp:
> I honestly do think that as characters, Felix and Mildmay are more 
> real than the Trio.  But I also think they're just plain old better 
> people.  They live in a harsher world, but despite that, they've 
> shown more kindness, selflessness and compassion than I've seen out 
> of Harry, certainly Hermione, and even Ron.

I haven't read any of the Monette book so I can't compare the two, but
Hermione isn't a kind or compassionate person? The girl who tried to
free the house elves, save Buckbeak and whose first scene was helping
poor hapless Neville find his toad. And "even Ron"? Does that mean
that you consider Ron to be the kindest, most selfless or
compassionate member of the trio? If so, I'd love to hear why, if you
feel like discussing it, because I don't interpret Ron that way at all
and I'm curious.

Sally