Spoiler OOP: The Power of Youth

[mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 63963




bravo! i am in total agreement with this. Dumbledore's Army was a 
sort of right of passage for the group, neville escpecially. I could 
not have been more proud of neville than in this story. I believe i 
was most impressed with this when neville became the fastest learner 
in the D.A. class second only to Hermione. What a wonderful right of 
passage for Neville who always seemed to lack the confidence to do 
more than Herbology.


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melanie Black 
<princessmelabela at y...> wrote:
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> I was reading through this list and I mean I was struck by the lack 
of mention to one of my favorite aspects of Order of the Pheonix 
which is the power the youth takes in the book.  We see that there is 
a huge change in the students listening to the teachers/parents and 
obviously the ministry to the children taking responsibilities for 
their own future.  
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> What I Think was most amazing is that we see in the fifth year of 
Gryffindor that these students are willing to stand up to the 
teachers and to try their best to make changes in the wizarding world.
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> The students are no longer accepting the mere fact that Hogwarts is 
a safe place and within its walls they can not be harmed.  They are 
learning to defend themselves, they know that if the adults can not 
help them defeat Voldemort and save their lives then they will have 
to be the ones who do it.  
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> I think this is an important part of this book because we are 
seeing the power pass to the next generation.  The power to preserve 
the wizarding world is now in the hands of the children.  I think 
that is an amazing aspect of the book and one that is truly 
refreshing.  In the gloom and horrors of the book we see that the 
young children are working hard to make positive contributions to 
society. 
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> Dumbledore's Army is the best part of the book.  Also, it is very 
interesting in that all of the students are beginning to show very 
clear signs of teenage rebellion (even Hermione).  
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> ~Melanie
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