this might be a dumb question, but why didn't harry die when he was struck by the killing curse? I mean how did he have the choice to go back? I thought it might be because the part of voldy's soul was the only thing that was injured( kind of like a shield) but wasn't sure.
2007-11-03 10:49:28 · 13 answers · asked by savannie_08 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
That's half of it. The other part is that the elder wand refused to kill Harry, as it's master, so it attacked the horcrux instead.
2007-11-03 10:53:18 · answer #1 · answered by emily_brown18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, you got it. The killing curse killed the horcrux that Moldy Shorts accidentally put into Harry when he tried killing him the first time (when he was one). The little baby thing crying was the part of Voldemort inside of Harry, and the whole King's Cross Station thing represented Harry's choice to go on or to go back and live.
2007-11-03 10:52:46 · answer #2 · answered by Lyra [and the Future] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I understood it was the fact that the killing curse killed Voldemort's last Horcrux. I'm not quite sure why he had a choice but I think it was just that Dumbledore wanted to explain the situation to Harry on why it was important for HIM to decide that he would sacrifice himself for the good of the Wizarding world as a whole.
2007-11-03 10:52:46 · answer #3 · answered by Jennifer S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right. When Voldemort used the killing curse, it killed the part of his soul that was inside Harry, since Harry was a horcrux.
2007-11-03 10:53:21 · answer #4 · answered by QA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Killing Curse had just basically killed the Horcrux part of Harry - not Harry himself.
2007-11-03 16:05:22 · answer #5 · answered by Snowy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because one of the horcruxes was in harry! When he hit him with the killing curse it only killed the horcrux and not harry!
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2007-11-03 10:52:35 · answer #6 · answered by NiCoLe i love my Chi cena! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are rite. that is why he saw the little baby crying. that was the part of voldy's soul that was dying. he actually went to heaven but came back.
2007-11-03 10:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by jelliapr 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
read the chaper "kings cross" dumbledore explains it all. i was confused at first, i had to read that chapter a few times before i got it...
2007-11-03 10:52:33 · answer #8 · answered by Emily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. That's it in a nut shell. I didn't really care for the ending.
2007-11-03 10:52:24 · answer #9 · answered by Charisma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought that......u know, i don't know what i thought. i think it was...........magic. wow. what a concept. no, i think it had something to do with meeting dumbledore in the middle and he was sort of destined to kill voldy.
2007-11-03 10:52:35 · answer #10 · answered by ♦♣Black Jack Queen♥♠ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋