Marrietta's betrayal

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 110878

Alla wrote :
"What Marietta did (her action) could be called "obeying a law". Sure,
why not? But I can also call her ACTION " betrayal of her friends"
That in itself is enough for me to strongly dislike what she did
without knowing what she thought at the moment."

Del replies :
All right. Let's try another one then :-) When Hermione told
McGonagall about the Firebolt in PoA, was that right or wrong ?

Alla wrote :
"By the way, Harry was definitely stupid for forgetting that Snape is
a Member of the Order, but why is he stupid for rushing to save his
godfather? He rushed to save his loved one. That was an attempt of 
noble action. How is it stupid?"

Del replies :
For many reasons : 
- as you mentioned, he forgot about Snape,
- he should have realised that his dream had more chances to be fake
than not,
- he should have learned Occlumency and not have the dream in the
first place,
- he should have realised that LV simply couldn't stroll in the
corridors of the MoM in broad daylight,
- even if LV was indeed there, he should have known he couldn't win
over him anyway,
and so on.
In short, he should have realised that going to the MoM was a very
stupid and most probably useless thing to do. That's the conclusion he
would most probably have reached if he had been a *robot*, not a human
teenager. If we discount what's going on in people's mind, then that's
exactly how we see people : as robots who should obey our rules. But
they are not. Harry is not a robot, and what was going on in his heart
and mind explains why he did something so incredibly stupid.

Del