It may not be the best of ideas to incorporate a major "free choice" theme into a story where you've also got real prophecies
A very interesting essay discussing this topic was just posted in hp_essays a little while ago (link (http://www.livejournal.com/users/readerravenclaw/11888.html)). readerravenclaw has a convincing explanation of why the existence of the prophecy doesn't necessarily take away Harry's ability to make choices.
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Date: 2004-11-10 05:09 pm (UTC)A very interesting essay discussing this topic was just posted in