Harry's father figures- theory for Book 6

[Ximena Valdivia]

No: HPFGUIDX 73385

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> Besides his real father, Harry has a number of father figures. In 
> his own mind, Sirius stepped in to take the place of the father 
he'd 
> lost.  But was Sirius a genuine father figure?  I would say no.  
He 
> seemed to me the sort of "father" kids think they want - the fun, 
> affectionate, protective fantasy father. But other people 
(Hermione, 
> for example) can see the flaws in Sirius, and even Harry has his 
> moments of doubt about Sirius's judgment.  I think that 
> Harry's "real" father-figure is Dumbledore.  

I think that a better father figure will be Lupin. I mean Sirius and 
Dumbledore are way too extremes. On one hand Sirius is as you said 
the kind that kids want; fun, affectionate, fantasy, Sirius also 
sort of enjoy when Harry breaks the rules or is doing something in 
secrecy. In the other hand, ther'es DD that protects and all but do 
not want to tell him anything of what's going on, so Harry is 
starting to gte really frustatred that DD never wants to tells him 
anything, until that is the end of OOP when he tells Harry the whole 
story.
Then we have Lupin, he is like the middle, he takes care of harry, 
protects him, sometimes makes a little joke or two but he also talks 
to harry, he explains the situation, he seems to understand harry 
even before harry starts to ask. So to me, if Harry develops a 
deeper relationship with Lupin, he will make the better choice for 
father figure.

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