[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's importance and threats of expulsion

[Ladi lyndi]

No: HPFGUIDX 57166


--- Dicentra wrote:
> But Harry
> doesn't identify with the Famous part.  Being
> extremely important to
> the wizarding world doesn't seem to be on his
> radar either, despite
> the fact that he knows that Voldemort keeps
> zeroing in on him.
> 
> Harry is just clueless, I guess.  

Lynn:

A big reason Dumbledore wanted Harry to grow up
with the Dursleys is just so Harry doesn't grow
up with a sense of self-importance.  For all the
complaints about how the Dursleys treat Harry, he
grew up feeling he wasn't important and trying to
earn acceptance.  Any focus on Harry was
negative, not positive.  That's helped Harry keep
some balance.

Harry continues to see any focus on him as
negative, not positive.  Let's face it, at
Hogwarts a lot of the focus has been negative. 
So, why should Harry get it into his head that
he's anything special?  If I were him, I'd be
thinking that if I was really special, Snape
wouldn't pick on me, I'd never have points taken
away, etc.  So while the WW may view Harry one
way, Harry's upbringing is what makes Harry view
himself differently from the WW.

Lynn

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