Harry's Top Five

[heath143harry]

No: HPFGUIDX 31698

Megan said...
> If you could make a list of the top five most INFLUENTUAL people in
> Harry's life, who would they be?  I think we could easily make a
> separate list for the top five in the four-year window we see 
Harry's
> intimate life in so far, but I think it's more of a challenge to try
> and cover his entire fourteen-almost-fifteen-years.
> 
1. Albus Dumbledore - Dumbledore is one of the few people Harry 
trusts with EVERYTHING, and has played an important role in the past 
experiences in Harry's life (getting him out of the Chamber of the 
Sorcerer's Stone, sending Fawkes and the sorting hat to him, 
interpreting and understanding Harry's very-important dreams). He 
also inspires Harry through some of the many great lines he has 
spoken throughout the books.

2. James & Lily Potter - Ok, ok I know they're both dead, but I truly 
believe Harry has learned so much in their absence. I'm sure, had 
they been alive their importance in his life would be GREATER. But, I 
think the memory of both of his two parents pushes him to succeed.

3. Sirius Black - if anyone has been like a father to Harry, it's 
him. The effect he's had on Harry's life in such a short amount of 
time is tremendous.

4. The Dursleys - they taught Harry a lot more than he would probably 
like to believe. I believe that they have taught him what he can deal 
with, and (indirectly, of course) what he deserves to be treated like.

5. Ron and Molly Weasley - Ron is Harry's best friend; almost his 
brother and the importance of that relationship is quite significant 
throughout Harry's life. Molly has been the closest to a mother that 
Harry has ever known. I think the part in GoF describes this 
relationship perfectly: "He had no memory of ever being hugged like 
this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had 
seen that night seemed to fall in upon him as Mrs. Weasley held him 
to her." (GoF 36)

- Heather :)