Harry's New Fear

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No: HPFGUIDX 79752

-angelberri56-:
> This is just a random question, sorry if it's already been 
> contemplated:
> 
> Harry's greatest fear in PoA, was dementors (or fear itself). But 
> now, though I could be wrong, it seems as though he has gotten 
> over this fear. He fights the dementor-boggart in the maze (third 
> task, GoF), and in the beginning of OOtP, he defeats the two 
> dementors pretty easily. If he has overcome his fear, what is now 
> his greatest fear? 
> 
> (It could possibly be people he loves dying... after what 
> happened to Sirius)
> 
> But let me know what you think!
> Thanks!

My turn:

  This is an interesting point.  Harry seems to have little trouble 
fighting off the dementors in the beginning of OotP.  Has he overcome 
his fear of..fear?  Personally, I believe so.  Your idea that it 
could now be the death of those he loves is exactly what my thoughts 
were on this.
  Consider his reactions both when he thought Hermione was dead and 
after the death of Sirius.  Both times, Harry basically went 
ballistic.  His earliest memory is of losing those he (conceivably) 
loved the most: his parents.  His entire life is based around death 
and loss.  Losing someone close to him seems to be the one thing that 
can still upset him greatly, even to the point where he abandons 
common sense to try to take revenge. 
  (And let's be honest, there's no way he could have taken out 
Bellatrix, even without LV's entrance)
  If Harry has conquered his fear of fear (in the form of the 
dementors), then it would seem he has progressed to a fear of loss.  
Seems natural enough to me.

  Wyld