OOP: Plot/Character development

[banjo_ken]

No: HPFGUIDX 61682

> Why is it necessary for a 15 year-old kid to lose the one person who 
> was becoming a surrogate father-figure to him?  Are you saying that 
> Harry has to learn to deal with death and loss to become stronger?  

I think Harry already realizes that life can be horribly unfair. I do
think, however, that Siruis' death, combined with the fact that James
wasn't as great of a person as Harry thought, and Dumbledore admitting
his mistake, will force Harry to start finding himself. He's been
relying on those father figures to justify his life and his choices
over the past 5 years. Now that he doesn't have them anymore, or
realized that they're fallible, Harry can start living by his own
standards. Not to say that he should (or will) ignore his father's
image, or ignore what Dumbledore has to say, but he now can't rely on
those as he had in the past.

Ken