Harry's Isolation (was HP Characters: Three Dimensional or Archetypes)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jenny from ravenclaw" <meboriqua at a...> 
wrote:
> > Harry's biggest inner conflict, IMO, is that he is and always 
will be 
>different than others.  He is, literally, a branded man, the Boy Who 
> Lived.  I agree with you Penny, that Harry will become isolated 
from 
> his two best friends in OoP and that there were some pretty hints 
of 
> it in GoF.  His isolation is something he may need to do in order 
to 
> look inside himself. > --jenny from ravenclaw, always the first to 
defend her dear Harry 
> **********************************

I agree that he will become isolated, probably deliberate on his 
part.  The death of Cedric will continue to haunt him in book five, 
maybe to the point of his becoming a bit paralysed with fear, not for 
himself but for his friends.  He might keep away from them because he 
thinks that will protect them.  In the first three books everything 
turned out all right in the end, even though Ron was knocked of the 
horse in SS/PS, and broke his leg in POA, and Hermione was striken by 
the basilisk in COS, and trapped underwater in GOF in one of the 
tasks.  

Up until Cedric's death, Harry thought like a child, not realizing 
the consequences of fighting evil.  I think the end of GOF marks the 
end of Harry's childhood in a way.  Perhaps the next book will deal 
with Harry's attempts to overcome his fear, and maybe it won't be 
that easily overcome.  

This would be a good way to move Neville's growth along too.  He 
could help Harry because he understands fear, and in doing so could 
exorcise some of his own fears.  

Donna (Neville fan)