Why I like Harry

[Greg Johnson]

>Anna . . .(who has probably never posted anything this long before,
>and whose fallen into a political hole and can't get up . . .)  8)

Been there, done that and will not enter this fray.

On a different note, an article in our daily paper praised HP for turning 
young kids (middle school) on to chess. The chess coach said that HP has 
helped make chess seem cool and more kids were showing interest in the after 
school club.

And that got me thinking about what a positive role model Harry is for boys. 
He was the little geeky kid in glasses who always gets picked on, was 
probably the main target for dodge ball, and yet got pretty decent marks. 
Now, he has discovered an inborn talent, a gift of birth, and has grown in 
so many ways. He's not the popular kid, and certainly doesn't hang around 
the popular crowd. And JKR has allowed him to be so wonderfully boyish 
without being crude like I see so many young boys portrayed. What is nice, 
too, is that Harry has always been Harry. He doesn't conform to what is 
expected (be "normal" like the Dursleys), doesn't change his friends to be 
"popular" (I assume Draco is pretty popoular - why I don't know. He just 
reminds me of someone I knew in high school, I think. Always better than 
everyone else, so everyone else wanted to be with him - wierd). Harry just 
keeps plugging away at becoming Harry - loyal, brave, average student, quick 
at a game that relies more on brain then brawn. His mother would be proud.

Stacie (who wouldn't mind if her Nick turned out a bit like Harry, and who 
worries about society not letting him be the boy he is meant to be)



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