OOP - Harry and his attitude - Next two books

Missy missygallant2000 at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 25 16:49:11 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 63696

I think we are seeing Harry going through the five psychological 
stages of death.  He has seen one, now another.  Anger is one of 
those stages.  He's had no one to talk about this with, he hasn't 
been able to confide in anyone.  Anger is one of the easiest to get 
to, because it's so accessible for so many people.  

Add this in to the fact that really, he felt abandoned over the 
summer, and there is going to be anger.  He was also scared.  But no 
15 year old wants to admit fear, or feel fear, and it is often 
translated into anger.  

He is lashing out at everything, because he can't really help it.  He 
needs help to get through this, and no one is helping him.  DD isn't, 
Sirius isn't really "talking" to him about it, Ron and Hermione 
aren't.  Mrs Weasley is like a mother to him, but he doesn't know how 
to relate to that.  

He is showing signs of Post Traumatic Stress.  I'm sure that there 
will be a lot of other emotions in the next two books, but he'll make 
it.  And I think that next summer, he'll have more people from the 
wizarding community that he can confide in.  (Or Moddy'll go after 
the Dursley's- which would be worth the price of the book tee hee)

Missy






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