The Chosen One(s)

When referring to Rowling's Harry Potter series, the label "Chosen One" is instantly attributed to Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived to be the Boy Who Died to be the Boy Who Become the "Chosen One" destined to defeat Voldemort.

No one is denying Harry this prestigious, predestined from birth title; however, can we open our minds wide enough to suppose that Harry is only one of three "Chosen One(s)"?

If not Harry, the next obvious character to be chosen is Neville Longbottom. The prophecy predicting the fall of the Voldemort said that a boy born in late summer by a couple who had escaped death from Voldemort three times. It could have referred to Harry or Neville, but Voldemort chose Harry.

Even still, Neville remains chosen. When Harry leaves to meet his death, he chooses Neville to take on the task of killing Nagini and Voldemort in his absence. Even without Harry's appointment, Neville takes it upon himself to be chosen (along with Ginny and Luna) to keep Dumbledore's Army going when Snape is headmaster and the Carrow siblings are ruining Hogwarts while Harry, Ron, and Hermione are out finding and destroying horcruxes.

Furthermore, Draco is chosen as well. Voldemort chooses Draco to be the one to kill Dumbledore whilst knowing that Draco will most likely fail or die in the process. Draco is also chosen (in this case, by the author) to be Harry's character foil and archenemy throughout the series; thus Draco is chosen as the "evil" student always out to get our favorite trio of characters.

So, basically, Neville and Draco are just as chosen as Harry is. I'm sure I could throw together a long post with examples from scholars and the books, but seeing as this is a blog, I'm not going to bother it. Maybe one day I'll go more in-depth with this topic at a later date.