[HPforGrownups] Re: Sadness in LoTR and HP

[Mary Shearer]

No: HPFGUIDX 32988


--- brewpub44 <brewpub44 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> So what's next? I suspect that the next thing he
> will have to face is 
> his own failure. I suspect that he will screw up big
> time in the near 
> future. That too is an incredible barrier: to
> confront your own 
> mistakes.
Snip> The big
> point: JKR is throwing 
> tragedies at Harry to see how Harry can overcome
> them and move on.

Oh wow!  I hadn't thought at all of that possibility. 
What would that do to our young man?  His sense of
responsibility over Cedric's death (something he could
not control) was nearly his undoing. His quietly
hysterical refusal to let go of Cedric after returning
to the school grounds was, IMO, one of the most
dramatic scenes thus far; and his anguish in the
hospital, despite Molly's reassurance that it was not
his fault, was heartbreaking. (stopping now to raise a
glass to JKR's masterful handling of these events) 
Harry has been changed irrevocably by this experience,
and is a sadder but wiser young man now.  If, in the
future, he is directly responsible for some large,
un-named tragedy, WILL he be able to move on? It seems
to me that it would shatter his already fragile
confidence in himself, and one of two things could
happen: it could leave him bereft and more vulnerable
than ever (making room for the important people in his
life to get closer to him) or unfortunately make him
throw up more walls around himself. JKR has frequently
hinted that the emotional stakes will go higher, but
this would be a scenario that would pack a real
emotional wallop and produce some pretty dramatic
fall-out! I would dearly love to see more of the kind
of high drama there was in GoF, but not at the expense
of Harry's luminous soul. If he can come through
something like that with his sweet and sensitive
nature intact, I'm all for it.  But if he turns
bitter, I don't think I could bear it!

-Mary, who loves a good cry, and was a gleefully soggy
mess at the end of GoF.
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