Harry: Quest or Life Path? (Re: Harry as Frodo or not?)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 176712

L. Aryn:
> The main question really came up was whether or not it really was a
> quest or just an actual LIFE Path or not. Since it was Harry's Life.
> And then was it really Frodo's Quest or his actual Life Path?

Jen: That's a hard question for Harry because his Life Path *is* a 
quest of sorts, though not in the traditional sense of the 
protagonist setting out to intentionally locate something.  Instead, 
Harry's putting together the lost parts of his life by decoding the 
purpose of the people from his past who parade into and out of his 
life, correctly identifying their connection and motives in order to 
learn the revelations needed to uncover his past.  In order to 
complete the puzzle, he has to make a quest in fantasy terms because 
he can't truly live until Voldemort dies.  

I particularly liked the idea that Harry's quest to find the 
Horcruxes is what brings him closer and closer to completing his 
primary task.  As Voldemort's anchors to life are destroyed, Harry's 
rapidly fitting the final pieces into the puzzle.  In the end, "all 
is well" because he's come full-circle to where he started, a whole 
person at last.