an odd musing about Harry's attitude & When do werewolves change?

[Jessica Iseman]

No: HPFGUIDX 53916

I don't really think that Harry has an attitude
problem persay.  We must all remember that he is 14
and as a teenager is assigned an attitude problem upon
his 13th birthday.  Secondly, I believe that he seems
to have pretty good control over his attitude.  There
are several instances where he has the opportunity to
react disrespectfully towards adults (Prof. Snape in
particular) but holds himself back.  
As has been previously stated by about a million other
people, the adults that he does not respect have not
earned any respect.  The Dursleys neglect and abuse
him, and Snape is notoriously unfair.  The other
adults he disrespects he seems to think to be evil in
some way.  In this way JKR is saying you must earn
respect, blind respect and obedience is bad.

Also, all the rule breaking tends to be for the
greater good.  It's not like they're sneaking out at
night to snog on top of the astronomy tower (as some
fan fics would have you believe).  They're sneaking
out to prevent the SS from being stolen, or to save
someone.  JKR is saying it's ok to bend the rules as
long as it's for the common good. 

Now for something completely different,
My theory on this is that the wolfsbane potion is just
beginning to wear off on Lupin.  It was still strong
enough to protect him as long as the moon wasn't
shining directly on him, but when it came out, BAM! 
werewolf. 

As for the date problem, it's just a book and JKR is
just a person.  You can't expect her to get everything
perfectly right.  I personally don't remember what
date the full moon was in 1994 (I was 13, so I
probably wasn't paying attention anyway), so I can't
expect her to remember or possibly care that it was
June 26 instead of June 6. 

Jessica I. 


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