OOP- Harry out of character-Too many holes- - **Spoilers**

[i_am_lord_voldemort00]

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I would consider Sirius death the end of Harry's childhood.  He has no
parents, no godparents and a heavy load on his shoulder.  He has to
like sink or swim by himself. Harry's whole attitude in OOP actually
shows that he is growing up.  He is no longer content with being told
to stay put and behave.  

JKR claims to have re-written the death of Sirius several times before
finally settleing on what we ended up reading.  I think that it is
alot more credible than a sappy hand-holding, long drawn out,  "Harry,
you are your Father's son" ending. 

The use of the cruciatus curse for me was Harry's equivalence for a
sudden burst of grief and anger.   He's fifteen years-old.  At that
age and given the circumstances, it is reasonable for Harry to
irrationally strike first and think later.  The use of the uforgivable
curse is not exactly damning.  The fact Harry could not perform it
properly in spite of his anger and hatred was actually IMO redeeming. 
(I personally want to perform the cruciatus curse on Professor
Umbridge, but I digress.)


 

  


> Does anyone else feel that Harry's acceptance of Sirius' death is way 
> out of character for him? I mean Harry's nothing if not curious and 
> questioning, yet at no point does he ask what the arch thing is, or 
> what it does, or how it works, or how they definately know beyond 
> doubt that Sirius is dead. Sirius simply falls through a veil, theres 
> no sign of violence and yet just because he doesn't come back and 
> Lupin says so Harry immediately accepts he's dead and runs after the 
> death eater. Surely if Harry's learnt anything at Hogwarts it's that 
> nothing is as it first seems. And surely he would have at least 
> thought of these questions later, if he had time to think of 
> approaching Sir Nick?
> 
> Shouldn't someone be even just a tiny bit concerned that Harry has 
> used an unforgivable curse? I mean at the start of the book Harry is 
> nearly expelled (from distance) within like 10 mins of producing a 
> Patronus, yet no one bats an eyelid at him using the Cruciatus curse! 
> (Yes, I know the "victim" deserved it) but all the other books have 
> given the distint impression that the good guys always tried to 
> capture the enemy and would never resort to the unforgivable curses 
> because they're well, unforgivable.
> 
> If you get expelled for using Magic outside Hogwarts (Self Defence 
> Excepted)How do they always get away with jinxing Malfoy and his 
> cronies on the train home?
> 
> Lastly who won the House Cup? I know it's trivial and Harry's not 
> that bothered because of his loss. But his disinterest could have 
> been used to highlight his grief.
> 
> Istill thought it was a great book, just that the ending left too 
> many fundamental questions unanswered.