What's annoying about Harry (WAS: Characters you hate)

[texaschow <flamingstarchows@att.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51499

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinafrants <rusalka at i...>" 
<rusalka at i...> wrote:
> I'll toss in one more objection into the mix: if Dumbledore knew 
> that Harry was going to need a sword and sent Fawkes to deliver it, 
> then why was the Sorting Hat involved at all?  Why not just have 
> Fawkes bring the sword?  The Hat itself didn't do anything in the 
> Chamber.
> 
> Marina
> rusalka at i...

Me:
But the Hat did do something, it was the Hat that gave Harry the 
sword.  Fawkes only brought the Sorting Hat.  When the Basilisk swept 
the sorting Hat into Harry, he put it on his head and starting 
thinking "help me - help me ... Please help me".  The Sorting Hat 
contracted and dropped the sword on Harry's head, nearly knocking him 
out (at least acccording to my American edition).

I don't believe that Dumbledore sent Fawkes to Harry.  He thanked 
Harry after it was all over with then he said "You must have shown me 
real loyalty down in the Chamber.  Nothing but that could have called 
Fawkes to you."  We know the Phoenix is not an ordinary bird.  Fawkes 
somehow knew that Harry was both loyal to Dumbledore and needed 
help.  These are some of the things that make me believe that Harry 
will be the heir of Gryffindor...Fawkes probably once belonged to 
Godric Gryffindor, and he happens to bring Gryffindor's hat (which is 
the Sorting Hat) to Harry, and the Hat gives Harry Godric 
Gryffindor's sword.  There was also the feeling Harry had when he 
heard Fawkes coming (before he knew what it was)..."The music was 
growing louder.  It was eerie, spine-tingling, unearthly; it lifted 
the hair on Harry's scalp and made his heart feel as though it was 
swelling to twice its normal size." Add to that Dumbledore's comment 
that "Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled *that* out of the hat, 
Harry." What if these are some of the many little seemingly 
insignificant clues that JKR throws in here and there?  In any case, 
Fawkes is becoming more and more significant and has healed Harry at 
least twice (Cos & GoF), and helps give him courage and strength when 
he needs it.  

Well, that's my two Knuts worth,
~Cathy~ (who hopes this makes sense after driving all night to get 
home from Atlanta and hasn't had a lot of sleep the last few days)