[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP- Harry out of character?

[Jennifer Angliss]

No: HPFGUIDX 62879

At 06:11 AM 06/24/2003 , Grey Wolf wrote:
>shaggy6603 wrote:
> > 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.
>
>On the contrary, Harry has always shown a dreadful *lack* of curiosity.
>Probably due to his upbringing, where questions where not well received
>by the Dursleys, and later on during Hogwarts where he has discovered
>again and again that curiosity kills the cat (pun intended, even if
>somewhat black), Harry is perfectly within character to NOT ask
>questions. The subject has been discused before several times (you
>might want to look through the archives), but in essence there is good
>canon proof that Harry lacks curiosity. He has been created like that
>(some point out it is for plot reasons, since it allows JKR to keep
>*us* in the dark too for as long as she wants, but I think it is
>perfectly normal considering what Harry has gone through).

I'm going to have to disagree with you re: Harry's curiosity. I think he's 
*very* curious about things. Just look at his dreams in OotP--he really 
wants to know what's beyond that door. Throughout the books, he seeks out 
information and tries to solve puzzles. However, you are dead on that he 
just doesn't ask questions and that is probably due to his upbringing, as 
you say. Instead, he sneaks around to find out what the deal with Nicolas 
Flamel is in PS/SS and lets Voldemort into his head in OotP in hopes of 
finding out what's behind the door.


Jennifer