Why to Like and Not Like OoP

[grindieloe]

No: HPFGUIDX 71038

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "iris_ft" <iris_ft at y...> wrote:
> n03au wrote :
>> What is disturbing about Harry in this book is not his anger. It's 
> his silence. As many of you wrote already, he doesn't want to speak 
> of what happened in the graveyard, and he doesn't ask questions, 
> when he should logically do it.
> Instead of that, he bullies his cousin; he shout at his best 
> friends; he cut himself off from the rest of the crowd.
>

I believe that this is also due to Harry's neglect and abuse as a 
child that has been magnified by his teenage angst. For his entire 
life, Harry was not permitted to speak his opinion and told not to 
ask questions.  He had only one person to rely on for so many years, 
and that one person was himself.  

While he does have many friends now at Hogwarts that care about him, 
it will be many years before he is able to get over the tendency to 
keep things to himself, if and when he does.  Harry does not yet see 
this as a problem, therefore, he is not working to correct it.  Even 
Fake!Moody/Couch Jr. says in GoF - "You have a streak of pride and 
independence that might have ruined all."  

Certainly, after having to tolerate the Dursley's constantly putting 
Harry down and never allowing him to share anything with them, he has 
learned to cut himself off from the crowd as you say instead of 
sharing his thoughts and questions.

grindieloe :)