The Question of Why in Harry Potter

Spoiler Alert!  Many fans of the Harry Potter movies never fully grasp why Harry Potter and Voldermert are really out to get each other.

Even if you have seen all the movies, the reasons how the war of Voldemort vs. Harry Potter came about is not touched upon thoroughly.

The whole reason the infamous story of Harry Potter exists in because of a prophecy predicted by Sybil Trelawney during her interview with Dumbledore for a divination (future telling) teacher at Hogwarts.

She foresaw “The one with powers to vanquish The Dark Lord approaches…born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies… and The Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power The Dark Lord knows not…and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while he other survives,” we learned this in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

            Basically, Voldemort heard of a prophecy that someone’s child is going to end him. Severus Snape overheard her and told Volemort.

There were only two possibilities Harry, the son of Lily and James Potter or Neville, the son of Alice and Frank Longbottom. Yes! It could have been Neville Longbottom who could defeat The Dark Lord.

            Voldemort set out to find the parents of both sons. Bellatrix, The Dark Lords right-hand woman tortured the Longbottoms with the Cruciatus curse to find out their information. Bellatrix was unsuccessful, the Longbottoms revealed nothing, but Bellatrix tortured them so badly that they are residents of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

            Wormtail, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter’s friend was their secret keeper. Sirius Black was their original secrete keeper, but he made them change it because he felt Voldemort knew he was the Potter’s secrete keeper.

Wormtail was a loyal follower of Voldemort, he told him where Lily and James Potter were. Voldemort set forth to them at their home in Godric’s Hollow. Voldemort killed James with the Avada Kedavra curse when he got in the way of him. Voldemort told Lily she did not need to die, but just to hand her son over. She did not. She died the same way her husband James did. However, because Lily died for her son it placed a very powerful magical shield over Harry. When Voldemort went to curse baby Harry his spell backfired to him instead, thus leaving just a scar on Harry.

The curse was again Avada Kedavra, the killing curse. Voldemort was ‘killed.’ He only existed through his horcuxes. The seven objects Voldemort ripped parts of his soul into. He eventually regained his powers and set forth again to try to destroy Harry before he destroys him. Harry Potter’s only sure way to finish Voldemort for good is to destroy his horcuxes as well.

             

Danielle D.