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[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 186350

I'm not a fan of Harry as Everyman nor Harry as Jesus figure.  I think DD is correct in telling us there's something special about Harry, his capacity to love in spite of his shit life, so it automatically rules out Everyman for me and that doesn't even include Harry's first day in a wizarding establishment with magic people fawning all over him, pawing to touch his robe and be healed (ok, that's a little hyperbolic but the imagery isn't too far off with a 'great scraping of chairs' and he shook all their hands and 'it took 10 minutes to get away from them all.')

Similarly, it's easy to rule out Jesus figure.  Jesus, a god made everyman, who wept at his friend's death and sweated over his impending crucifixion imploring, pleading or praying that he might get a pass and live. Harry, who witnessed deaths of his peer, his godfather, and his mentor, did not weep.  Harry who also dreaded his death, did not question it.  He accepted 'Dumbledor's betrayal'. 

So with man and deity eliminated that only leaves an alien who can go through the motions of being human but not quite mastering the emotions of one.  Harry is Superman (with that 'saving people' thing) whose kryptonite doesn't exist. 

Kemper