Remember the end of CoS? And why Harry didn't turn nasty like Voldemort? "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Look at Draco. Look at Sirius. Look at Snape. Look at Harry.
They were all raised in situations that should have made them irredeemably nasty. Instead, JKR shows that they are, in fact, redeemable if they choose to be. Voldemort's situation was nowhere near as bad as Harry's, for instance. But he chose to be bad.
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Date: 2005-09-29 05:53 pm (UTC)Remember the end of CoS? And why Harry didn't turn nasty like Voldemort? "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Look at Draco. Look at Sirius. Look at Snape. Look at Harry.
They were all raised in situations that should have made them irredeemably nasty. Instead, JKR shows that they are, in fact, redeemable if they choose to be. Voldemort's situation was nowhere near as bad as Harry's, for instance. But he chose to be bad.