OoP: Thoughts

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OK, that should do it.  

First, I absolutely loved this book.  Wow.   

Harry: Wow.  He's grown up after GoF, but still being treated as a 
child.  Not a good combination!  I hope we get to see more of his 
relationship with the Dursleys, especially since it seems that 
Petunia knows more about the wizarding world than she lets on.  
Petunia knows that Harry living with them gives him protection, and 
tells Vernon that Harry has to stay.  And Harry saving Dudley's 
life.  I think that Harry and the Dursley's have a family bond, a 
disfunctional one, but still.... And in the last book, I think Harry 
wanted the Dursley's to turn up for the last task.  I almost cried 
when he thought to himself that the Dursley's might cry.  

And his anger during the books.  Wow, completely understandable.  He 
should have been let in the loop about what the order was doing, 
considering that he's Voldemort's #1 target.    Plus, he's a 
teenager, that's how they react.  The adults' reasoning for not 
including Harry in the OoP, I think, is rather weak.  They said that 
there are dangers that teens couldn't understand, but Harry has been 
through some of these dangers.  I don't think he's ever been more 
alone in his life.   His friends (except Neville) can't understand 
what he's been through, but he's not an adult yet, either.  But he 
does need to start thinking things through more!  I think we're 
seeing a little more of this: Harry is suspicious of Kreacher 
throughout the book, and he realizes that Voldemort can enter his 
mind before any adult tells him this.  And he does take other's 
advice; he did try and find Sirius after his dream that Sirius has 
been taken, but he didn't think it through


Hermione:  I loved that she knows all this stuff about the other 
girls in the story!  We finally get to see that she has friends 
outside the trio.  And is this girl ever wrong?  She was right about 
Harry's dreams about Sirius.  

Ron: I loved how he acted like a protective older brother with 
Ginny!  

Speaking of Ginny, wow, what a transformation!  I'm so glad we 
finally got to see what she's actually like!  I didn't really care 
about her character much before, but I love her now!  She looks like 
she's becoming a strong witch.  And all the stuff she learned from 
her brothers!  I love it!  And her dating?  Great stuff!  Dumped a 
guy when she thought he was getting stupid, and now she's going 
after Dean!  She is definitely a new fave.

Neville: Finally!  I knew he had it in him!  I love that McG told 
him that there was nothing wrong with him but a lack of confidence.  
And that he made his potion during the OWLS without Snape around.  
Wow!  His sympathy for Harry when Sirius died, unbelievable!  All he 
did was ask if Sirius was a friend on Harry's, knowing Sirius was a 
wanted criminal, and offered his sympathy without question.  He is 
so great!  Keeping the gum wrappers that his mother gives him.  He's 
finally growing into his own.  I hope we see him continue to grow 
into his potential.  He and Harry are the only children of the 
original order, he's got to have a lot of potential.  


The twins.  Ah, such new heights of mayhem.  Their exit was great!  
I only wish we could have seen more of their mayhem, it was such a 
great comic relief in the book.  And Flitwick keeping a part of 
their swamp because it was a good bit of magic?  I love it!  

Percy: I think he's going to become a death eater.  He pushed his 
family aside because of his ambition, just like Ron said he might.  
And he didn't even visit his dad in the hospital!  That was low.  
Wow.  

I can't believe I didn't see Sirius' death coming.  Look at what he 
make the trio call him in their letters: Snuffles.  Can you get any 
closer to "snuffed it"?  I got the impression that he died before he 
fell through the curtain.  And the way everyone reacted, completely 
fitted their personalities.  Harry wanted to save him, to prevent 
yet another loss in his life.  Lupin restrained him, but still had a 
hard time turning away from the curtain. 

Snape's memory:  hm, I think there's so much more to the 
James/Sirius rivalry than we've seen.  We know Snape hung around 
with a group of people who became death eaters, but where were they 
in this memory?   The way James treated Snape was horrible, but 
Snape's treatment of Lily was too!  Lily tried to help him, and he 
calls her a filthy mudblood!  And how can so many teachers have such 
a good view of James, and Sirius while he was at Hogwarts, yet we've 
seen them torment someone.  

This book was so tragic.  When Harry thought Sirius was in danger, 
he did listen to Hermione and tried to contact Sirius.  And he 
warned Snape, too.  But, if only he had tied his dream to what he 
felt through his scar!  He didn't feel the pain that he normally 
gets when Voldemort is torturing someone.  He acts on his emotions, 
but he doesn't think things through.  And if Snape had listened to 
Dumbledore and continued to teach Harry Occlumency, who knows what 
would have happened?  Or if any of the adults had told the teens 
more about what was going on?