[HPforGrownups] Re: The chosen one

[Bearhugger48]

No: HPFGUIDX 191113

>> bearhugger48:
>> Can anyone please give me a exact definition of Harry's idea of
>> what "the chosen one" is? Or anyone else's idea of what it means?

> Steve:
> I'm not sure there is a definition beyond the obvious. To Harry,
> being the Chosen One is an embarrassing annoyance. To other, it
> means that Harry was chosen by Voldemort as the one who was the
> greatest threat to him, which is why he tried to kill him.

> From another aspect, Harry is Chosen because he is the only
> person to ever survive the Killing Curse. To have done such an
> amazing thing, it to have been chosen by destiny for
> ...something....

> There is also the Prophecy that Voldemort used to choose Harry
> as his greatest threat. Few know about this, but the Prophecy
> predicts that a child born at the end of July will have the power
> to defeat the Dark Lord. Voldemort assumes that mean Harry, and
> in trying to kill Harry, he chose him and made him, his own
> greatest threat.

> So, "The Chosen One" has many contexts in which it can be
> considered, I don't think there is a 'definition', only an
> explanation.

bearhugger48:
Thanks Steve,
This sheds the light I needed, in a few different ways.