OOP: Harry's Career Choice- Mentor

[Alon van Dam]

No: HPFGUIDX 62821

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "flutterbyhex" 
<flutterbyhex at y...> wrote:
> >
> >
> Harry wants to be an auror.  The requirements are: 
> 5 NEWTs with nothing under (E) grade in
> DADA, Transfiguration, Charms, Potions but I couldn't find
> mention of the fifth course. Any ideas? Perhaps it could be 
> in any other course like an elective. (Harry thinks he did well in 
> the Herbology OWL so he will likely an E)  
> 
> The ranking system is (as listed in Chapter 15):
> O-Outstanding
> E-Exceeds Expectations
> A-Acceptable (the last pass grade)
> P-Poor
> D-Dreadful
> T-Troll (according to George)
> 
> Harry needs to obtain an "E" OWL in transfiguration and an "O" in 
> Potions in order to be accepted into 6th & 7th year NEWT courses. 
> Considering the OWLs are marked by outside examiners Harry has a 
good 
> chance of at least an "A" in Potions maybe an "E" but highly 
unlikely 
> to get an "O". Perhaps McGonagall with tutor him? since Snape seems 
> unlikely to lower his standards or will Dumbledore force him to 
accept
> Harry since it is his "destiny" to fight dark wizards?
> 
> Just rambling thoughts...
> 
> "Flutterbyhex"

Am I alone in thinking that the chances for Harry to survive the 
series in remarkably slim? When looking at any piece of epic fantasy, 
you see that the main hero just can't settle into a normal life after 
doing some major heroics. Trust me, I really do hope that I'm wrong 
in this and that JKR won't choose to go down the same classical road 
that so many before her have taken. I believe, though, that what 
we're looking at is going to be an ending where, probably, Harry 
defeats LV at great cost and dies by wounds sustained to him. (I 
don't believe some of the LotR-esque theories I've heard, where Harry 
fails in the end and Neville handily hands LV's behind to him, which 
he could ahve never done without Harry's help in teaching him, etc.)

If Harry /does/ stay alive, I haven't a clue what kind of job he 
could take. It /would/ be good to make him be the DADA teacher, so 
that finally Hogwarts will have a teacher who stays longer than a 
year. (I sincerely doubt JKR is going to break that tradition in 
books 6 and 7). He'd make an amazing Auror, but, in JKR's style, I 
can see him aspiring to become it and then decide not to do it on the 
last minute. Personally, I think he'd suck at being Minister of Magic 
and would have a terrible time doing that. Arthur Weasley would make 
a great MoM, and I believe it will be given to him. Harry just won't 
be happy dealing with all that administrative stuff. He wants to be 
out in the field, showing his valiance by the sword/wand rather than 
by the pen. DADA-teacher is the only exception I can think of (and 
eventually Headmaster), but I really can't see Harry being happy with 
a desk-job, in the, imho, highly unlikely occurance of him surviving 
through the denouement of Book 7 in the first place.

In other, related, queries: Has any concensus been reached on whether 
or not Ron is going to survive the series? Seeing as to his proximity 
to Running Weasel, who was a brilliant leader, never lost a chess-
game, and was killed by his pet rat (turned yellow), I'd say his 
chances are slim, but we can, of course hope. I'm sure this topic has 
been discussed here at length, but I'd like to see what the 
experienced opinions are.

Thanks :)

Alon
"When's book 6 coming out already?"