[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's fear (was: Emotion release)

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49404

In a message dated 07/01/2003 18:19:29 Eastern Standard Time, 
Malady579 at hotmail.com writes:


> Do you really think hearing torture will cause him to fear?  The
> screams he hears under the dementors are pretty bad in themselves, and
> he *does* fear them.  In fact, the whole point of the dementor part
> was to see what Harry fears, and he fears fear.  Seems a person that
> fears fear only has to overcome that fear to truly do amazing things.

One thing that has always struck me is that when Harry hears his mum and 
father in the dementor "blackouts" he experiences, there is a point where 
Harry must convince himself that hearing his father's voice is not a reason 
to let himself succomb to the Dementors. This little thing shows that Harry 
has somewhat of a complex choice. In that moment the fear is gone and there 
is a desire to experience the depths of the Dementor "blackouts" to know more 
of what happened the night of his parents' deaths and to hear his father more 
clearly. 

I think that it shows a deeper understanding on Harry's part, but also shows 
a weakness which may come more into play in the next books. 

-Snuffles


"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty 
recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the 
dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with 
open eyes, to make it possible. This I did."  T.E. Lawrence- Seven Pillars of 
Wisdom


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