[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape as new DADA teacher (was "New Dark Arts Teacher")

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 72111

mysmacek wrote:
> 
> The crux point is, that Harry is not going to be an auror. 
> 
> Well, of course, we all think he is The Best (wink, wink, nudge,
> nudge), but really, he is not suited for that role. As much as we like
> him, the truth is that he is impulsive and rather controlled by his
> heart than his brain. He seems to me to be too easily predictable and
> manipulable - just harp on his feelings, pride or bravery.
[snip]
> This of course is not a big flaw - the deceit was a really good one -
> but IMO it shows that Harry does not posess the right *mindset*. I
> think you should be much more paranoid, more like Moody, to be a good
> auror. (of course, it depends on what they really do. I imagine them
> being something like secret agents or counter-espionage ppl. Maybe
> they are just policemen).

I agree entirely about Harry's unsuitability to be an auror, 
especially his lack of paranoia.  Moody, in many ways, reminds me 
of James Jesus Angleton, formerly head of counter-intelligence at 
the CIA, who saw so many spies in the CIA that no one ever 
believed him.

> Harry should become DADA teacher at Hogwarts. 

That's what I thought, too, but Rowling said in an interview that 
one of the students would become a teacher, and it wouldn't be Harry.