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[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 179101

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Katie Spilman <kspilman at ...> wrote:

Kemper:

> > I see Lily more as Mother Mary in this scene.  It is what I imagine
> > she would say to her son as he carried his cross.  (I'm not trying to
> > equate a Harry is Jesus thing)  Lily and Mary don't send their son off
> > to die, their sons have chosen this.
 
Katie S.:
> I thought the Harry as a literary parallel to Jesus was painfully obvious, 
> dying selflessly to save the world, the love of the world bringing him
> back to life, his father  (Dumbledore) sacrificing him to save the world, etc.

Geoff:
Speaking personally as a Christian, I have always held that Harry is not 
a Christ figure. Although he is not specifically written as a believer, like 
a practising Christian can aim at being Christ-like which isn't the same thing.

Again, canon is quite explicit in that Harry does not die.