Nice-Guy Harry (was Snape Bad Attitude)

[selah_1977]

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From: selah_1977
Subject: Nice-Guy Harry (was Snape Bad Attitude)
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5888] Re: Snape Bad Attitude (was: Snape--DADA
Date: 8/5/00 7:40 pm  (ET)

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>Catlady wrote:
Which suddenly reminded me of the ever on-going question of how Harry
turned out to be such a nice person despite having been raised so
abusively and without love. Maybe he wasn't raised without love: no love
from the Dursley's, but his late mother's love always surrounded him,
and (remember her magic powers) not only protected him from Voldemort,
but made him feel hugged when no one else did.

What I think is that Lily's sacrifice and intense love for her son marked
him just as surely as Voldemort's curse did. Heredity does seem to play
a role in personality in the books. We've never really *met* them, but
from all accounts James and Lily Potter were the kind of people you'd
love to have for next door neighbors.

And in the Mirror of Erised, none of the Potter ancestors shown seemed
to be particularly nasty in disposition.

However, I don't think that Harry is necessarily the nicest
wizard-in-training walking about, either. Ron may have the quicker temper
of the two, but I don't think Harry's one to be trifled with. He was
ready to kill Sirius Black before he learned the truth in PoA. And while
he was certainly chivalrous in GoF as far as the Triwizard Tournament
went, he didn't come off as the sweetest guy at Hogwarts, either.

I think that maybe he is beginning to revert back to his former isolation,
especially towards the end. He seems to want to fit in and just be a
normal kid. In the Muggle world, he was picked on and had no friends. In
the wizarding world, he can't get away from his celebrity. I think one
of the many effects of his last encounter with Voldemort is that he now
realizes that he will *never* be normal.

Or maybe it's just more stupid English major speculation. I was flamed
on another HP list for not being a feminist, now I have to hear all
about how college students and English majors make life miserable for
the rest of the universe. What a cyber-day. <g>

I'm rather tired of getting heat for responding to not-so-nice posts in
an honest, more-nice-than-deserved manner.

I didn't become active in HP fandom online to get attacked for who I am,
what I do for a living, or what I believe. I'm here to discuss the world
of Harry Potter.

Actually, I thought that's why we *all* are here.

To Harry Potter--the Boy Who Lived!

Ebony AKA AngieJ