[HPforGrownups] Re: Average Harry?

[dragonsbloodmoon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18881

In a message dated 5/16/2001 5:16:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
aiz24 at hotmail.com writes:


> Excellent point.  I have really come to appreciate Harry's talent for 
> thinking fast in a crisis because I've recently realized that I get 
> positively sluggish in a crisis.  Some usually-intelligent people 
> can't think at all when time is tight and the stakes are high.  
> There's such a thing as a man of action, and Harry's definitely one of 
> them.
> 

I totally agree. I think that our society some times doesn't value the 
ability to react or use one's instincts, and there are times when rationale 
is over rated. For example, I have an uncle with his Ph.D. He's brilliant, 
academically, but he has no common sense. In an emergency or a tense 
situation, he's useless.

I think this is one reason why I enjoy the Harry/Hermione juxtaposition. 
Harry thinks with his "gut," and Hermione thinks with her head. I think JKR 
has done a wonderful job showing that there is a time and a place for both of 
these, and they are equally important.

Toby


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