Harry didn't defeat Voldemort through love; he defeated him through power. Harry had the bigger wand (because of a lucky plot twist) and therefore Harry won. Harry gave himself up to Voldemort in order to save the defenders of Hogwarts, this is how he vanquished Voldemort. He gave up his revenge and his survival for love of his friends. I’m just going to say that again: he gave up his revenge and his survival for love of his friends! (We should also take note of the love shown for Harry by the Hogwarts defenders.)
Voldemort tried to kill him and in doing so freed Harry from the connection that bound them together. Harry came back from Kings Cross to Hogwarts. His sacrifice for love of his friends protected them from Voldemort’s spells.
Voldemort tried to kill him again, but the killing curse backfired when it collided with Harry’s ‘expelliamus’, which also knocked the elder wand from Voldemort’s grasp. It flew to Harry because Harry was master of the wand - in three ways, in fact: he’d disarmed Draco, he’d resisted the lure of the wand when he knew Voldemort was on his way to get it, and he‘d vanquished Voldemort (in the forest), which meant that of the two of them he was the more powerful.
The elder wand is a joke on Voldemort. It’s also a little story about the illusory nature of the pursuit of power.
It’s undeniable that to get along with the story we do need to sympathise with Harry and his friends in a general way, and oppose Voldemort and his followers in a general way. If we don’t want Harry to vanquish Voldemort and survive, then there’s something of a problem there. Perhaps the epilogue should have made some reference to the wider wizarding world rather than concentrating on Harry, Ron, Hermione and their children. I guess the point of that was to show that there was now a new generation setting off on the journey their parents had made. To say that Harry and his friends are ‘golden’ is overdoing it. They’re average, surely?
Harry beating Voldemort didn't really accomplish much of anything. It did from Harry’s point of view, and it’s his story we’re reading. This is rather a depressing view. Are we to dismiss individual achievement as not accomplishing much of anything? And Harry’s struggle with Voldemort did unite most of the wizarding world in a common purpose. Oh, nearly forgot! - and prevent Voldemort from ruling the world, which would have been unlikely to improve the lot of the downtrodden.
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Harry gave himself up to Voldemort in order to save the defenders of Hogwarts, this is how he vanquished Voldemort. He gave up his revenge and his survival for love of his friends. I’m just going to say that again: he gave up his revenge and his survival for love of his friends! (We should also take note of the love shown for Harry by the Hogwarts defenders.)
Voldemort tried to kill him and in doing so freed Harry from the connection that bound them together. Harry came back from Kings Cross to Hogwarts. His sacrifice for love of his friends protected them from Voldemort’s spells.
Voldemort tried to kill him again, but the killing curse backfired when it collided with Harry’s ‘expelliamus’, which also knocked the elder wand from Voldemort’s grasp. It flew to Harry because Harry was master of the wand - in three ways, in fact: he’d disarmed Draco, he’d resisted the lure of the wand when he knew Voldemort was on his way to get it, and he‘d vanquished Voldemort (in the forest), which meant that of the two of them he was the more powerful.
The elder wand is a joke on Voldemort. It’s also a little story about the illusory nature of the pursuit of power.
It’s undeniable that to get along with the story we do need to sympathise with Harry and his friends in a general way, and oppose Voldemort and his followers in a general way. If we don’t want Harry to vanquish Voldemort and survive, then there’s something of a problem there. Perhaps the epilogue should have made some reference to the wider wizarding world rather than concentrating on Harry, Ron, Hermione and their children. I guess the point of that was to show that there was now a new generation setting off on the journey their parents had made. To say that Harry and his friends are ‘golden’ is overdoing it. They’re average, surely?
Harry beating Voldemort didn't really accomplish much of anything.
It did from Harry’s point of view, and it’s his story we’re reading. This is rather a depressing view. Are we to dismiss individual achievement as not accomplishing much of anything?
And Harry’s struggle with Voldemort did unite most of the wizarding world in a common purpose. Oh, nearly forgot! - and prevent Voldemort from ruling the world, which would have been unlikely to improve the lot of the downtrodden.
I’m a bit lost on the slavery reference.