[HPforGrownups] Harry's weakness was Let's Get Back to Harry!

[browneyes1420 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18785

In a message dated 4/24/01 3:28:54 AM Central Daylight Time, 
MMMfanfic at hotmail.com writes:


> > Hello Everyone!
> > 
> > I've been reading through the postings this week, and noticed that 
> > people aren't discussing Harry as much as I'd like.  I had some 
> > thoughts about Harry that I wanted to post, so here goes -
> Yeah, this is suppose to be Harry's week.  I've noticed that there's 
> more Snape related posts ...  Let's get back to Harry.
> 
> > People wrote a lot last week about Harry's strengths and talents, 
> but 
> > I was wondering about his weaknesses as well.  What are they?  What 
> > are the things about Harry that could really end up hurting him?
> 
> There are a few things in his character:
> 1. Procrastination
> We see that quite prominently in GoF.  Harry, like all teenagers (and 
> adults for that matter), does procrastinate.  It may end up hurting 
> him, academically or otherwise.  He does have the attitude of 'I will 
> find out when I need to know' when it comes to magical knowledge and  
> relies on Hermione over the years.
> 2. Insecure
> Harry has a low sense of self-esteem (But not as bad as Ron).  He 
> always thinks he's going to fail, he *knows* he's going to suck.  A 
> pessimist by nature.
> That's all I can think of for the moment. 
> 
> 
> 

I don't think the last was correct, because I think he feels that he has done 
something amazing before, and everyone expects him to do it again, and under 
circumstances no normal teenager could handle.
Joe


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