A Harry Failure (was: Re: Harry's Sacrifice. / Sorting and Character Traits)

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 59126

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "drmm_fuuko" <drmm at f...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
> >When Padfoot dragged Ron into 
> the 
> > Whomping Willow, I am not surprised he and Hermione didn't go for 
> help 
> > -- they were afraid there wasn't time...
> 
> It's not surprising that they didn't go for help but it was an 
> impulse decision and I think it would have been a better idea to go 
> for help, as Hermione suggested. As I said, if they had, Sirius 
could 
> have been set free.

Annemehr:
I do agree with you that Harry doesn't always do the *wisest* thing in 
a given situation; I just don't put it down to arrogance.  

DrMM: 
> Ahhh, but he did lose a Quidditch match to Cedric. However, a 
failure 
> at Quidditch would be quite trivial ... a death would make a bigger 
> impression.

Annemehr:
I don't count this as an "outright" loss, since Harry really lost to 
the Dementors (he apparently had *much* worse memories than Cedric did 
-- there isn't even any indication that Cedric had even *noticed* the 
dementors until after he caught the Snitch).  It would be a much 
different thing if he would lose on pure Quidditch skills.  Sure, at 
this point (post GoF) it wouldn't be much of a big deal, but it would 
have made a bigger impression earlier on -- to him, and certainly to 
many of us, who don't really want to see him as the One Who Never 
Fails At Anything.

And, you know, he might actually *have* lost to Cedric, as Wood had to 
call his attention to Cedric bearing down on the Snitch, but we'll 
never know what would have happened because the dementors showed up 
and stopped Harry.

Annemehr
catching up after camping all weekend with Girl Scouts

"This isn't a Girl Scout Camp," said Mr. Sir. -- Louis Sacher