Harry as Auror

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 173198

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ken Hutchinson" <klhutch at ...>
wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "strange_familiarities"
<empress.najwa@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > >   ***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
>