The Power of Harry ... (was: Harry's Characterization)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 163561

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at ...>
wrote:
>
 
>  1) Harry is the only one to receive the AK curse and live. Well OK
> Voldemort did too but Harry just got a minor cut on his forehead while
> Voldemort nearly died with far more serious injuries. 

he survived due to his mother's protection.  Even Voldmort states it
was old magic, one he did not account for.
> 
> 2) At age eleven with no instruction Harry could fly better than
> anyone his age and better than most wizards of any age. 

yes.  He did.  Just like some children are gifted at sports or music
or art, he was gifted in this area.

> 3) In all of recorded history only 3 wizards have been able to speak
> Parseltong. Harry is one of them.
> 
due to his connection with Voldemort, as Dumbledore explained.  

> 4) Harry could produce a Patronis at a extraordinary young age but
> more important it was so powerful it awed even Hermione, because the
> only other wizard she knew who could repel a hundred Dementors was
> Dumbledore. 

yes, he did.  Under extreme stress.  Up until then, he was not able to
produce such a powerful Patronis.  
  
> 5) Harry could easily overcome the Imperious Curse, something even
> formidable wizards like the real Moody and Crouch junior and senior
> found extremely difficult to do.  For example, Crouch junior
struggled> against it for over a decade and even then was only partially
> successful, Harry could triumph over it in just a few minutes. 
>   
I don't think "easily" is the right word, IMHO.  In GoF, he was
obediently to the curse until his inner voice questioned it.  I think
he has the knack to overcome the Imperious Curse, but I don't know if
the word easy is the correct one.

> 6) I can't think of a better demonstration of pure raw power than the
> scene in GoF where Harry engages man to man in magical arm wrestling
> with the most powerful dark wizard in a thousand years and wins. Harry
> forced those beads of light into Voldemort's wand not the other way as
> the dark lord wanted.
> 

He had help - unexpected help - due to the fact of a rare occurance
when two wands that share the same core of power(Fawk's feather) hit
at the same time.  The ghosts/spirits helped Harry to escape Voldy.

> 7) Voldemort was able to possess Ginny and even a defense against the
> dark arts teacher for months but when he tried to do the same thing to
> Harry he had to retreat in defeat after just a few seconds. 

again, the connection between the two - it is complex and I don't even
understand it.  

> 
> 8) The greatest Dark Wizard of all time, the best student ever to
> attend Hogwarts beating even Dumbledore, tried to kill Harry 5 times
> and failed 5 times, nobody is that lucky.

Luck?  How about the connection between the two - the one that came
when Voldy tried to kill Harry the first time, failed due to his
mother's protection and imparted a bit of Voldemort within Harry? 
Don't you think that might have something to do with it?  I do.


colebiancard(who thinks Harry is talented, but his friends (and
enemies) do play a huge role in his success)