I disagree, I do not think that Voldemort was born 'evil'. I think that he adopted a set of behaviours that afforded him the attention he so badly craved, and then this grew to him becoming obsessed with power.
This could very easily have become Harry. So why wasn't Harry evil? As much as it might surprise you, I believe that it is because of the Dursleys. The Dursleys fawned over Dudley and allowed Dudley to become a bully; Harry craved to be loved by someone as much as the Durlseys loved their son, so he became increasingly jealous, this jealousy turned into disgust, and this disgust was directed at him being a bully and having little understanding of what was right and wrong; so Harry completely rejected this way of life and chose to become the opposite.
My argument sounds confused, but I hope you can unpick it a bit to know what I'm talking about!
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This could very easily have become Harry. So why wasn't Harry evil? As much as it might surprise you, I believe that it is because of the Dursleys. The Dursleys fawned over Dudley and allowed Dudley to become a bully; Harry craved to be loved by someone as much as the Durlseys loved their son, so he became increasingly jealous, this jealousy turned into disgust, and this disgust was directed at him being a bully and having little understanding of what was right and wrong; so Harry completely rejected this way of life and chose to become the opposite.
My argument sounds confused, but I hope you can unpick it a bit to know what I'm talking about!
Mindy // Gryffindor