[HPforGrownups] What was gained in OoP?

[phoenixtears288 at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 66155

"her_mee_own_graynjer" <her_mee_own_graynjer at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>> In all the other books, due to his bravery and insight, Harry always 
has a major accomplishment.
SS - Harry prevented Voldemort from getting the stone and rising again.
CoS - Harry saved Ginny Weasly and prevented Voldemort from rising again from the diary.
PoA - Harry cleared Sirius' name and exposed wormtail (at least to himself) and helped Sirius escape.
GoF - Harry saves himself from Voldemort and returns to try and warn 
everyone. (It is also possible, that he defeates Voldemor'ts plan to 
return to Hogwarts through the tri-wizard cup portkey and go on a killing rampage there)
Now in OoP, Harry will to play the hero has gained him nothing but 
the death of a beloved godfather. In the other book he does something 
smart and ends up helping people. in the fifth book his reason for 
failing, and being tricked by Voldemort, was his stubborness for not 
wanting to study occlumency. Because of mistake, he was lured into the 
Ministry of Magic and then tries to bail himself out by saving the 
prophecy. He quot;savesquot; the prophecy from Voldemort, who would have gained nothing from it either way. I think this book is a major 
let down from the Harry we once knew. It seems Hermione was right and he just wanted to play the hero. 
If you want to say that now everyone knows that Voldemort is back and 
that is what Harry's accomplishment was, that is just a by-product of 
what happened.
This bothers me to no end. I hope someone can help me!!!>>>>>

Paige Woods' Reply: 

   I think that what was gain from OoP was information that Harry needed to learn for the later books. Like the Department of Mysteries and the brains. But there's probably other things that was part of the point other than the information part. 

   ~Paige Woods~