feelings...nothing more than feelings... (was: Re: Harry's disposition )

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No: HPFGUIDX 94913

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jmgarciaiii" 
<jmgarciaiii at y...> wrote:

> What I meant by my question was: Why do you (and other HPfGUers)
> suppose he is hesitant (or worse, adamant not) to reach out for 
> that counsel?
> 
> In a sense, his impetuousness blinded him and because he didn't
> stop to remember the 2-way mirror, it might be said he contributed
> to Sirius' death.

It might be said, yes.  But on the other hand, he deliberately put 
the mirror away because he thought using it would endanger Sirius.  I 
would say that how he contributed to Sirius' death was by not 
following the directives of Snape and Dumbledore; that is, to learn 
to close his mind to Voldemort. (This is why, by the way, I'm a bit 
puzzled by the list discussion which seems to somehow absolve Harry 
of his responsibility to learn this skill on the basis that Snape was 
being mean to him--Harry deliberately disobeyed his elders, and 
elders who are doing everything they can to save his life, at that.)

This is, in its own way, I think, typical Harry behavior:  
simultaneously thinking he knows more than he does not realizing the 
full extent of what he does know, and not stopping to fully think 
through his actions.  

Why doesn't he go for counsel?  He doesn't feel he needs it, some of 
the time.  And some of the time, because he knows he'll be punished 
for what he did.

However, I do think that this is all going to begin to change rather 
drastically in book 6 because now that the mythical hero, Harry, 
knows exactly what his quest is, he is going to have to change. 
Unlike the summer he spent after book 4, furious and self-pitying 
because he felt left out and jealous, the summer he spends after book 
5/before book 6 may be the chance for him to digest all of the 
information Dumbledore gave him, to reconsider his behavior toward 
Dumbledore (and Snape), and to reconsider his impetuousness.  I think-
-and hope--that book 6 is about Harry's testing and formation as 
hero, prior to embarking upon his quest.

jujube (who can post without guilt now that she's done packing)