Importance of Choice

 Importance of choices 

Another important aspect of mythopoeic fantasy is the choice that the protagonist is to make. Throughout the whole Harry Potter Series the idea of important choices that the main character has to deal with, reappears frequently. Those choices have a great impact on all events that occur in the story. Harry’s decisions, however, influence not only the main character but also the whole magical universe. 

The following extracts present the great importance of the process of decision making. 

“Harry raised the wand. Now was the moment to do it. Now was the moment to avenge his mother and father. He was going to kill Black. He had to kill Black. This was his chance ...”(Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, p. 251)

“But – I stopped Sirius and Professor Lupin killing Pettigrew! That makes it my fault, if Voldemort comes back!’ ‘It does not,’ said Dumbledore quietly. ‘Hasn’t your experience with the Time-Turner taught you anything, Harry? The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, thatpredicting the future is a very difficult business indeed ... Professor Trelawney, bless her, is living proof of that. You did a very noble thing, in saving Pettigrew’s life.’‘But if he helps Voldemort back to power –!” (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, p.311)



“Exactly,' said Dumbledore, beaming once more. 'Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, p. 333)

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">“Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.” Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.