Harry's scar, love, and the death of Voldemort

[karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 171552

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Biff wrote: I am starting to believe in this theory more and more, 
> however, the problem I have always had was that I couldn't believe 
> that Harry died in the final book. While I could very well be wrong 
> (and am getting nervous about the possibility that I am), I can't 
> believe that the hero of story originally meant for children would 
> sacrifice themselves and die for the greater good. 

Karen: remember that JKR has developed a children's book that grows 
with the character.  yes the book started when Harry was a child and 
thus was a child friendly book but as Harry grows he faces things 
that are more adultlike and thus the series develops into adult books 
as Harry grows.  I know JKR thought it was important that Harry act 
his age in the books.

But if Harry WAS  a
> horcrux, how would he destroy the horcrux and live? This was my 
> dilemma until....
> > I happened to see a snippet of an MTV special online and heard the
> founder of Mugglenet.com, (who I think has moments of brilliance) 
make
> a comment in passing. He said something to the effect that there is
> probably a very good reason why JK Rowling created characters who 
can
> suck the soul out of a person. A blinding flash of light, followed 
by
> thunderous and triumphant music (which startled my co-workers to no
> end), and I had my answer: Harry is a horcrux. His ultimate 
sacrifice
> is to submit to a dementor and let them suck out his soul, only it's
> not HIS soul- it's LV's. He lives, although he is never his former
> self again. 
> > I'm sure many will disagree with this, but I am fairly convinced.
> 
> Carol responds:
> I can see Harry offering to die but not to sacrifice his soul to a
> Dementor. In any case, the problem with the whole Harry!Horcrux 
theory
> (any version) is that it's circular. If Harry is a Horcrux, he must 
be
> destroyed like the other Horcruxes, but if he dies (or is
> soul-sucked), how can he, the Chosen One, the only "one with the 
power
> to destroy the Dark Lord," kill or destroy Voldemort after the last
> Horcrux (himself) is destroyed? OTOH, if Harry!Horcrux isn't
> destroyed, he could "kill" Voldie but Voldie wouldn't die because 
his
> main soul (what's left of it) would still be "anchored" to the earth
> by Harry!Horcrux.


Karen: I'm not sure you read my whole post or perhaps I worded it 
poorly.  I stated that I was of the opinion that having Harry willing 
to die was the one thing LV didn't have (call it love or lack of the 
fear of death) and it was that which would kill LV.  Harry wouldn't 
have to go through with it just the willingness to do it.
>