Harry Potter is no Gandhi. Though Bill Wylie-Kellermann (“Harry and the Principalities,” November 2011) believes that Harry “never kills anyone,” the whole mission of book seven was to find and destroy Horcruxes, parts of Tom Riddle’s (Voldemort’s) soul. Harry is not opposed to the use of force, even if it reluctantly leads to his enemy’s demise.
Steve Bisset
Laurel, Maryland
This appears in the March 2012 issue of Sojourners
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