OOP: Re: Bad Harry? OotP Spoiler

[Julia]

No: HPFGUIDX 62679

~Paige Woods:

> > I've been thinking about the scene where Harry and Bellatrix were
> throwing curses at each other. Now, maybe I have to re-read it, but
> Harry DID throw a Unspeakable Curse at Bellatrix. Why did he do 
it? I
> started thinking about it. In this book, Harry is angry. However,
> Sirius Died. And while he is at the Dursleys in Year 6, anger is 
going
> to come up upon him. What I am saying is that Harry might be 
turning
> evil. Why did he use the curse then? And with all that anger... I'm
> sure that all of the men out there could say that they didn't have
> weight of the world on their shoulders like Harry does. I think 
Harry
> might be turning a tad-bit evil. 


<chrissymckeen at y...> wrote:
> What was up with Harry's anger? Before Sirius's death, he kept 
yelling
> at everyone. I was almost yelling at the book for Harry to take a
> 'chill pill'. Maybe it was Harry being age 15 or maybe it is the 
Dark
> Side coming out of him. Anyways, I don't want to wait another three
> years. I hope book 6 comes out within a year.


>From what have read in JKR interviews and such, she has already said 
that Harry want be tempted by evil, that's just a rumor, but that he 
is justifiably angry in this book.  I mean, honestly, the kid goes 
through hell over and over again.  I was waiting for him to snap and 
he did, especially in Dumbledore's office, which is probably my 
favorite scene in the book.  And as far as the curse is concerned, 
he was angry, guilt-ridden, and wanted vengeance, which is easier to 
deal with than blaming yourself.  Sirius's death was too fresh, but 
even when he used it, Lestrange replied that he didn't know how to, 
that you have to mean to and enjoy causing pain, and Harry 
inherently, does not.  He's too good.  Even at his weakest, his 
heart takes over, just as when Voldemort possessed him at the end.  
I think people are overreacting to the curse, and I too was shocked 
when he used it, but she kept getting away from everyone, and he was 
angry, and probably at a loss as to what spell to use.  He made a 
mistake, but he, being Harry, couldn't pull off hurting someone in 
the end.  Look how he looks at the prophecy - he doesn't think, oh 
well, I was planning on helping to defeat Voldemort anyway, so I 
don't mind having to kill the evil bastard.  He is honestly stricken 
with the thought of having to commit murder.  Harry isn't evil, in 
any way shape or form, he's a fifteen year old boy who keeps being 
pushed to the edge of endurance.  He had to snap sometime, and I 
felt like yelling right along with him.

Julia Adair