A Harry Failure (was: Re: Harry's Sacrifice. / Sorting and Character Traits)

[honeycakehorse03]

No: HPFGUIDX 58895

DrMM:  

"Sometimes a hero has to think ahead and not rush into 
things."

Totally agree, I hope Harry will realise this in the fifth book. (I 
also 
think Ron badly needs to learn that because he always has a habit 
of baiting Harry into situations, Harry is unsure about.) 

"Until GoF, I think Harry was treating most of these things as a 
game. 
They were adventures and he wasn't really thinking seriously 
about 
the consequences."

Agree again. I also think you can clearly see his higher maturity in 
the fact that he *doesn't* try to enter his name into the goblet.  I 
think, Harry in first or second year would have done just that, at 
least after a bit of prodding by Ron. I think, he has matured more 
in that time than Ron who still thinks that Harry would have done 
that.

"If Harry fails, I think it will cost the life of someone he cares 
about.  And for Harry to learn and grow the most, it should be his 
own carelessness that causes it. I predict that the death most 
people 
think will happen in OOtP will be caused because Harry does 
something 
stupid -- and is caught because of it. Or at least in book 6."

I'm going with the theory here that Harry feels guilty about 
Cedric's death which I think is quite obvious. In that case from 
Harry's PoV he has *already* failed and cost somebody his life. If 
that is the opinion of other people or not, isn't really the case. 
The 
way Harry feels about it is important. That could indicate that 
Harry will already be more careful in book 5, at least in the case 
of 
the possibility that his friends - or any innocent - could get hurt.

Sabrina