[HPforGrownups]SPOILERS! My defense of Harry (moved) OoP - Jenny's Big Questions /Opinions

[Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 62135

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> 
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> Lots of replies on here, all combined.  I think I'm replying to 
Marc (moved from OTChatter), Jenny, Marianne, and Laura.  I think 
that's all.
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> Jenny asked these questions:
> > 5. Should Hagrid stay on as CoMC teacher?  Am I the only one who 
> > continues to think he's a moron?

me:
Hagrid is a great gameskeeper and a wonderful friend, but he just 
isn't a good teacher.  He sholdn't leave Hogwarts, he should just go 
back to his old job and let Grubbly-Plank or someone else take over 
for the CoMC class.


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> > 4. How could Sirius, with no disguise, waltz into the MoM?

me:
When Harry and Co. first arrived, the MoM was eerily empty, if I 
recall correctly.  And when they got to the prophecy room, there was 
a whole gaggle of Death Eaters waiting.  They probably blasted 
through anyone that was on guard duty.  Sirius being able to waltz 
right in is rather trivial when you see that a whole group of Death 
Eaters had waltzed in ahead of him with no repercussion.


> Now on to Laura:
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> >2.  The prophesy was a bit "duh," I think.  Though I DID enjoy 
the inclusion of 
> >the whole "Neville was a possibility" thing.  But, now it makes 
me think that 
> >there's no guessing whether or not Harry dies because, if he 
died, then the 
> >books would be left with the whole world being screwed over, so 
there's pretty 
> >much no way she could have Harry die.

me:
First off, I don't think it's totally "duh."  I think somebody 
mentioned before, what seems obvious to us in the literary world is 
often not obvious to the characters.  Harry's trying to live his 
life and be a kid; he knows that Voldemort is evil and keeps coming 
after him, but that doesn't mean he believes it's his job to take on 
the Dark Lord singlehandedly.  He's worrying about exams, and girls, 
and friends.  If nothing else, the prophecy served as a way to 
finally put the message concretely.  Even if Harry or anyone else 
had a suspicion that he had to take on Voldemort, the prophecy 
solidifies it for the characters and makes it real.

And who says JKR won't leave the world screwed over?  ;)  Probably 
not likely, but possible.  I personally think that Harry and 
Voldemort may end up killing each other, like King Arthur and 
Mordred.