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My take: That part reads like a fairy tale that we tell children. It doesn't really convey the difference between Harry being naive, having terrible boundaries and generally being emotionally weak and Harry recognizing 'simple on the other side of compexity' that could apply to constructing value systems. Some of cousin_it's suggestions would help in this regard.
Also, I've been trying to come up with science fiction that has forgiveness as a primary value, and I can't think of anything.
Ursula Le Guin, "Four Ways To Forgiveness"
That too. For stories instilling forgiveness I must look to those generated for the purpose of religious indoctrination.