Resolutions/ Draco

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 183495

> Jen: 
> OK, OK, this is tongue in cheek; I'm *not* down on HP, not at all, 
> liked DH more and more with each reading and count several moments 
> among my favorite scenes ever.  But would it really have undermined 
> Harry that much to have other characters do something important 
> besides start Harry Potter fan clubs & remind each other to keep 
the 
> faith because Harry would surely save the day soon?  

a_svirn:
I think it would, from Rowling's point of view. In the old the role-
of-personality-in-history she would be in the extreme hero-worshipers 
camp. Social determinist she is not. Harry is not just the sun around 
which everything revolves; the trouble is that there isn't even 
anything to revolve. As agents of history the ordinary people of the 
WW simply do not exist. Their lives are of course affected by the 
historical circumstances, but these circumstances are determined 
solely by "great" wizards. The only way an ordinary witch or wizard 
can influence history is by helping a great wizard to fulfil his 
destiny (incidentally there are no great witches). That's why there 
wasn't anything left for the Order of Phoenix to do after they had 
evacuated Harry from the Dursley's – because anything they *could* do 
on their own would be utterly inconsequential. So they were reduced 
to keeping faith and trying to keep their families safe. Even the 
Great Battle of Hogwarts was fought with the sole purpose of buying a 
few hours for Harry so that he would find something no one really 
knew what. Other than that it was pointless and – up until the main 
opponents joined the fray – inconclusive. All of which does have an 
effect of making Harry seem superhuman, or, as Voldemort would 
say, "much more than a man" in consequently somewhat lacking in 
ordinary humanity. 
a_svirn