Harry "Winning"/Harry Can't Plan Ahead

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Juliet" <lilpurplealdy at n...> 
wrote:
> Harry's "Winning"
> 
> Anyways, to the topic, which centers around the Triwizard 
Tournament 
> of GoF.  At the end of the Tournament, Harry is left with a 
sackful 
> of Galleons, a lot of bad memories, and a load of guilt.  I 
wondered 
> last night...could Harry's guilt be partially derived from the 
fact 
> that Harry now knows that the only reason he was able to do so 
well 
> in the Triwizard Tournament(the first Two Tasks, anyways) was 
because 
> of an agent of Voldemort, helping him at every step..?  > 
> 
Well in the first task all the champions knew what was coming before 
the start. While Crouch pointed out he was an excellent flyer I 
think Harry would have reached that conclussion on his own.

In the second task again everyone knew what was required. Harry 
tried very hard to find a spell or potion to do the task. The book 
that he needed was not in the library because of Crouch's misguided 
effort to "help"

Now in the third task he did have help from Crouch, but as we have 
seen Harry could have handled all the challenges himself.

I beleive that his guilt comes from insisting that Cedric join him 
in the victory, and by doing that caused his death.

Harry Can't Plan Ahead
> 
> One of the things I noticed about GoF- Harry cannot plan ahead, 
the 
> boy just can't seem to do it.  ...

Well planning depends on how you approach solving problems. Harry 
has always been able to reach a solution without a lot of planning 
ahead. Sometimes it was just luck, but then some people can indeed 
count on luck to help them.

Now Hermonie would indeed plan ahead, while Ron would be even worse 
than Harry. In fact Harry approaches problems in the exact same way 
that I do!

Bill