They're Not Children Anymore, Are They?

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 70054



 
> Eowynn_wrote:
> I agree that through the experiences they have had, especially
Harry, They have grown a lot. I don't agree that they are no longer
children. I feel that they still show many qualities of a teenager
their age. They all have insecurities, they are all learning to be a
bit more vocal, and tend to be lax on the rules.  Harry also starts to
show a little bit of the tendency to not go to adults for everything,
he is in the mind set that he is no longer a child, and therefor can
do it on his own.
> So while they have grown a lot, they are still children, and they
are still learning alot about themselves and each other.
> 

I agree.  Though their experiences ought, perhaps, to have matured
them more than they have, the whole project of the series (or one of
the projects, I should say), is to track the development of a person
throught the seven-year transition from child to adult. 

So far Rowling's stuck to 'typical' teen behaviour with uncanny
accuracy.  I was sure book 5 would feature door-slamming, "No one
understands me!" Harry.  Wondering now what book 6 will hold... *casts
mind back to being 16* uhhh... isn't that the drippy romantic stage,
where everything is unbearably tragic and Love in all it's agony
invades your brain?  Or was that just me?

Sydney, predicting love potion hi-jinks in HP 6...