The Problem with Lupin (long) was Re: How Close Are Harr...

[delwynmarch]

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vmonte wrote :
> The only way to answer for Harry's lack of curiosity is to 
> acknowledge that JKR is not ready to reveal certain information. 
> Unfortunately, I think that it's reasonable for Harry to ask, for 
> example, what happened to his grandparents?  Would it really take 
> Harry 6 or 7 years at Hoggwarts before he becomes curious?   

Batchevra answered :
> The mistake that you are making is equating curiousity with 
> questioning. A person can be curious and still not question 
> certain people. If you notice, Harry questions his friends, but 
> not adults because his questions are answered by his friends but 
> not by adults.

Del replies :
Except that in OoP, Harry keeps questioning the least probable 
person of all : Petunia. I don't have my books, so I can't give you 
the reference, but it is said that after he is confined to his room, 
he jumps on every occasion to question Aunt Petunia, every time she 
comes to give him food.
On the other hand, even after Sirius has made it clear that he's 
ready to answer all and any of Harry's questions, Harry still 
doesn't ask him anything about his parents and grand-parents, or 
anything else.

I agree with all those who say that Harry doesn't ask questions 
because JKR doesn't want to give answers. First the very first book, 
I knew she wasn't playing fair with us. Harry didn't have any 
reaction to Hagrid giving him the photo album of his parents and 
their friends. He's happy to get it, but he doesn't care about 
learning more about them, let alone ask for any further information 
about them. He's an orphan and he's not curious about his parents ? 
Nope, sorry, I don't buy that. I was 11 too when I went crying to my 
mom, pleading for her to tell me a bit more about my biological 
father. If anyone had come over who'd been friend with him, I would 
have questioned them to no end.
So when I read that Harry, a boy who spent 3 sleepless nights 
staring at his family in the Mirror of Erised, didn't go to Hagrid 
to get more info about his parents (or at least the address of those 
friends Hagrid contacted to get the pictures), I knew JKR was going 
to keep some things secret for no plausible reason. It's her right, 
she's the author.

Del