How would you feel if you were Harry and realized you had to die ? I think Harry is strong to realize that he can’t drag Ron and Hermione down with him. Thoughts on handing the task over to Neville
I don't know if I could even process the fact that you're going to your death. Probably he's more used to it since he's been in mortal danger a before.
It's amazing how calm Harry is about it. That said, he is extraordinary. I think, I think, that I would come to the same eventual conclusion as Harry does, but only after much hysterical crying and 'WHY ME?'s. As for handing the task over to Neville, Harry absolutely knows what he's doing by this point. In the past he was always hesitant to delegate, to involve people where he knew they could get hurt, but this new found clarity shows him that Neville is the man for the job. He's proved himself time and again, especially in the past year, and Harry is obviously able to see a lot of himself in Neville. And it's also a last way of sticking it to Voldemort: by choosing Harry as the one to whom the prophecy must refer, Voldemort underestimated Neville, but while Neville may not have been the Boy Who Lived, he did possess 'the power to vanquish the Dark Lord'.
Well said. Harry showed a lot of respect and trust in Neville.
Although, I wish that he had also told Ginny because we have seen Ginny as a very talented witch, especially in DADA spells. While Neville, even though he's very brave, seems to be best at different things.
I've dealt with the news that I might be dying, and I can say that the whole thing he goes through about how many heartbeats are left, etc, was very much like what I was thinking/feeling at the time. She really got that part right, it hit me very close to home when I read it.
I think Harry is strong to realize that he can’t drag Ron and Hermione down with him.
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As for handing the task over to Neville, Harry absolutely knows what he's doing by this point. In the past he was always hesitant to delegate, to involve people where he knew they could get hurt, but this new found clarity shows him that Neville is the man for the job. He's proved himself time and again, especially in the past year, and Harry is obviously able to see a lot of himself in Neville. And it's also a last way of sticking it to Voldemort: by choosing Harry as the one to whom the prophecy must refer, Voldemort underestimated Neville, but while Neville may not have been the Boy Who Lived, he did possess 'the power to vanquish the Dark Lord'.
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Harry showed a lot of respect and trust in Neville.
Although, I wish that he had also told Ginny because we have seen Ginny as a very talented witch, especially in DADA spells. While Neville, even though he's very brave, seems to be best at different things.
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I don't think I'd be able to do it. I'm antsy enough just in the presence of a gun.
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