The Useless Character of Harry Potter

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No: HPFGUIDX 69492

Josephine :
> Harry Potter is boring.
> Harry Potter is dull.
> Harry Potter never comes around to doing anything.
> He isn't particularly talented, not charming, smart, friendly, 
witty, 
> good-looking, funny, or even evil or conspiratory.
> In fact, Harry Potter has no function except carrying the whole 
> frickin' story upon his ruddy adolescent shoulders (...)
> 
> I mean, think about it. Who makes the Potter books worth reading? 
Not 
> Potter. Potter is a whiny, insecure, mouse-gray sort-of hero. Not 
> complex, but stupid. He knows nothing. I hate him.
> Look, instead, at the people surrounding him: Hermione, who carries 
> the burden of being intelligent and best friends with two thick-
> headed slugs, Ginny, who matures and turns into someone awfully 
cool 
> and smart in the Phoenix, Snape, who is mysterious and sexy as I 
> don't-know-what, Dumbledore, who is too emotional and saint-like to 
> be true, Ron, who is humorous and true to real life... Hagrid... 
Aunt 
> Petunia... Black and Lupin...
> 
> Harry Potter means nothing. JKR ought to kill him.
> 
> End of story.
 
Now Me:

 Lot of other people have told me the same thing and one thing I have 
found in common among the people who have told me this is that they 
are trying to look for a Superman/Spiderman/Batman kind of character 
in Harry Potter. From my understanding, I don't think that making a 
superhero out of Harry is JKR's intention. I think all that she is 
trying to do is tell us the story of an ordinary orphan boy Harry and 
his journey through life. So that story could have been of you or me 
but what makes this special ? Well a maniac murderer is actually 
trying to kill this ordinary(like you and me) guy Harry and the story 
is merely about how and what ordinary guy Harry does. 

Just me two knuts

AR