Harry's Popularity

[sharon]

No: HPFGUIDX 84729

I couldn't find this subject in the archives, so I don't know if 
it's been covered before, but anyway, here goes.  You've got Harry 
Potter, the kid who defeated the strongest evil wizard of the day, 
arriving at Hogwarts.  Everyone in the WW knows what he has done & 
how great it is. He's a big hero in the WW because of it. You see 
when he enters the Leaky Cauldron with Hagrid & is announced 
everyone stops what their doing to look at him or talk to him.  They 
all recognize his significance. You would think that he would have a 
flock of people all around him all the time at school.  But that's 
not the case.  Except for some hero worship by Colin Creevey, most 
everyone leaves him alone, & they go about their business. As time 
goes on, you even have more people disliking him rather than liking 
him. You would think that alot of people would want to be in his 
company & hang out with him because of him being this 
important "savior" image to the WW. You would think he would be one 
of the cool crowd of kids that everyone would want to say was his 
best friend. Anyone have any thoughts on why Harry isn't hero 
worshipped at school for his past achievement?
Sharon