Harry as Auror, WAS: Rowling tells all

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 173174

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "strange_familiarities" <empress.najwa at ...> 
wrote:
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> >   ***Katie replies:***
> >  <snip>Harry as an Auror makes total sense. As JKR was anxious to
> point out through the entire series (EXCEPT the epilogue), the world
> isn't divided into good people and Death Eaters. After Voldemort's
> death, there are still going to be nasty, bad wizards out there that
> need to be caught. Aurors will still be needed, and that is what Harry
> always wanted to do, once fake Moody had put the idea in his head.
> Also, Harry, I think, would be unable to settle down into a banal
> family life. Yes, he would relish his time with Ginny and his kids,
> but he would need more.
> 
> Najwa now:
> I agree with Katie. Law enforcement is always necessary, and Harry
> definitely would do nicely as an auror.
> 

Ken:

I have to disagree with both of you. Oh you are perfectly correct about 
the need for law enforcement. And you are correct that Harry has the 
gift for doing the magic and the moral compass to be a good law
enforcement agent.

But you are forgetting that Harry is the master of the Elder Wand.

If Harry really meant to end its power by dying a natural death, 
undefeated by another wizard, then he simply cannot become
an auror. The risk of losing his wand in a confrontation is just too
great. It is one of the high points in the conclusion of this series 
when Harry demonstrates the depth of his understanding of wandlore
and the depth of his moral sense by making this decision. If Rowling
goes on to write an encyclopedia in which Harry becomes an Auror
she will be marring her own work. The Harry I see at the end of DH
has moved beyond being an auror.

I agree that Harry needs a meaningful job in the WW, but he must not
take that kind of job.

Ken