OOP: Harry's Career Choice- Mentor

[flutterbyhex]

No: HPFGUIDX 62153

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aRk" <ark286 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "flutterbyhex" 
> <flutterbyhex at y...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > "Harry wants to be an auror."
> 
> I don't know, I just can't see "Harry Potter" not only "the boy who 
> lived," but the hero of the entire series, growing up just to get 
> some joe-job. Fine, an auror is prestigious, but there are quite a 
> few aurors around. And he's definitely not going to be a teacher at 
> Hogwarts. He will not have gone through 7 books of epic adventure 
> and heroics just to become a teacher! 
> 
> I feel that with Harry's aura of heroics and specialness, he just 
> can't grow up to do something conventional. Like, either he'll die 
> gloriously, be Minister of Magic, or something similarly 
> spectacular. 
> 
> aRk

I never thought of Mad-Eye Moony or Tonks as conventional people 
(smile). Assuming that in Book 7, Harry defeats LV, then maybe that 
will be considered extra credit (LoL). Either that or he has the 
potential to be a professional Quidditch player...

Linda