harry

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 176918

Pooja: 
> In the whole book HP7 Harry was in the state of calm. It was
> Voldemort who was really perturbed by Harry's presence. It seemed 
> that Voldemort was now living in fear not of death (as he had taken
> steps to safeguard it) but in fear of Harry being alive. 

Jen:  Voldemort's fear/anger of Harry was heightened when he learned 
Harry knew about the Horcruxes and was destroying them, which did tie 
in with Voldemort's fear of death.  At the core of LV's desire to 
kill Harry was always the fear Harry would destroy him first, back to 
what Dumbledore said in HBP: "Have you any idea how much tyrants fear 
the people they oppress?  Voldemort is no different!  Always he was 
on the lookout for the one who would challenge him." (Chap. 23, p. 
477, UK ed.)  

Jacob:
> In book 7 Harry's grown up and shows true courage.  Who does he get
> it from, his mother or father?

Pooja:
> Also the attitude of Harry can be considered as heriditary to a
> certain extent only. I think, courage is something which is in the 
> mind of people. It can only be seen when you have overcome a fear.

Jen: I've read that certain personality traits along continuums are 
considered to have a genetic basis, such as novelty-seeking vs. 
novelty aversion.  How a person feels about a risk isn't courage 
though; like you said, courage is generally understood as taking an 
action in the face of fear.  Courage is more of a learned behavior I 
think, a behavior both a risk-taker and risk-avoider are capable of 
since everyone fears something!  

Pooja:
> In the end Harry had the courage to overcome his fear of death 
> unlike Voldemort and surrender to it and hence become the master of
> deathly hallows. His courage came from his ability to love the 
> people around him so much that he could sacrifice himself. That is 
> real courage.

Jen: Nice summary.  Nothing I can add here. :)