OOP: Re: Bad Harry? OotP Spoiler

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 62887

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "chrissymckeen" 
<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.>

Don't we all have a dark side?  Don't we all have moments when our 
tempers or tears overtake us and push us to make rash decisions?  I 
agree wholeheartedly with everyone who has said that Harry's anger is 
not only understandable, but who were waiting for it to happen.  Last 
night I remembered that we saw glimpses of his rage in PoA after he 
overheard the conversation about his parents and how Sirius (or so 
was thought) killed them.  Harry was so angry, he went back to his 
room and wouldn't speak to anyone.  

I'm still not comfortable with Harry attempting an Unforgiveable on 
Bellatrix, but I understand where it came from.  To me, though, this 
definitely does not mean Harry will become evil.  If Harry turns to 
the Dark Side, what is the point of the books?  This series is not 
like a tv show - say, Buffy - where a character is temporarily swayed 
to the Dark Side and then somehow finds his/her way back to Good.  In 
HP, if Harry, even for a moment, gives in to evil, he and everyone 
else working for Good are doomed.  Even though we see that Voldemort 
can get into Harry's mind and emotions, we also see that he cannot 
stay there, as Harry is amazingly strong.  

Harry will need to continue to work on controlling his emotions, but 
I don't see that he needs to do so in order to avoid becoming evil.  
I see that he needs to do so because his anger results in bad 
decisions.  That's where the danger lies, IMO, and Voldemort can use 
that to his advantage - as he did when he tricked Harry into coming 
after Sirius, knowing Harry's feelings for his godfather would 
overwhelm him.

--jenny from ravenclaw, always, always supportive of Harry 
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