Re: Harry’s Curious Lack of Curiousity

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 15861


Hi you guys. We seem to have gained several new members over the past 
few days. Welcome!

Joywitch wrote:
"Maybe it is because, in the wizarding world, there are many more (and
more intense) reminders of the dead than there are in the muggle 
world.  Harry has "met" his parents in the Mirror of Erised, in the 
moving pictures in the album Hagrid gave him, and the shadow versions 
that come out of the wand in GoF, and seen James (sort of) in 
Patronus form.  The wizarding world also has ghosts as well as 
thinking, talking, interactive shadows such as the one of himself 
that Tom Riddle put in his diary.  Maybe Harry feels, after the whole 
Mirror of Erised incident, that he needs to avoid any reminders of 
his parents so as to be able to lead his own life.  Maybe he worries  
that if he starts reading all the books that mention what happened on 
Halloween 1981 in Godric's Hollow that he will become obsessed like 
he did with the Mirror of Erised."

--Right. We say that Harry isn't very interested in his past (i.e. 
his parents) but we seem to be forgetting the Mirror of Erised in 
PS/SS. He was very interested in them then. It was all he could think 
about, and likely would have it Dumbledore hadn't informed him about 
the mirror. I think that maybe after that incident Harry decided to 
live and not dwell on his parents death. An internal pact, or 
something. He could also be afraid of facing the memories of his 
parents b/c he feels guilty that they died trying to save him.(?) I 
dunno what I'd do if I was Harry's position, but he know's enough 
about Quidditch that you'd think he'd like to know about his own past 
and even more so when other people (Hermione) do.

Scott