Angry Harry in HBP?

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Laurasia wrote:
An article in today's paper (Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 9 2004: 
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/12/08/1102182348990.html ) had a few 
comments from Fiona Boyle (author  of "A Muggle's Guide to Harry 
Potter")  in which she says she expects Harry to continue throwing 
temper tantrums in the next books. Whilst I don't think Harry will 
give up his angst that easily, I think it would be thematically 
better (and more representative of real-life coping) for Harry to 
act down, depressed and hopeless, not still angry.
Hermione, the voice of reason, directly addresses Harry's 'saving 
people thing' at the end of OotP. This then leads to Sirius' death, 
and Harry knows it. To me, this suggests that Harry will reject this 
part of himself entirely. 'If I try to save people, they die. In 
that case I won't try any more.'

snip.

Will Harry want to do what he has been ordered to do by some mystic 
prophetic force? I don't think so. And I think that in order to 
resist the prophecy Harry will surrender to it, get very depressed 
about his, apparently, imminent death and then just give up all hope 
entirely.
In OotP we saw Harry actively reject what was being thrown at him- 
resisting Umbridge, starting the DA, yelling at people quite a lot. 
In HBP I want to see Harry fall into the status quo and let all that 
happen without trying to help. By rejecting his courage- the part of 
him that wants to help others- I expect Harry to give up in many 
things- quit Quidditch, stop trying in school, refuse to defend 
Draco's taunts, let Snape win. 

snip.

I want him to see Harry turn into the despicable Draco Malfoy and 
see his reaction when he looks at his own reflection and discovers 
what he has reduced himself to.
Only through his friends proving how much they actually need him  
will Harry once again gain hope and find some reason to carry on.
 
snip
I think the determination to fight Voldemort to the death and to 
accept his place in the prophecy should come only after Harry has 
surrendered to it all. I think for Harry to give up his strong 
Gryffindor traits of bravery and courage for a period of time will 
make his final battle with Voldemort much more powerful. He isn't 
brave and courageous because he has some innate inborn quality- he 
> has to *choose* to use it.
 

Alla:

Very interesting post. Even though I don't want Harry to become pre-
OOP Harry, I am with you here - I don't think we 'll see always 
angry Harry in HBP.

Yes, I think we'll see depressed and grieving Harry, but again  
this "he will have to master his emotions in order to be useful" 
quote 
makes me wonder how long this stage will last.

Unfortunately I don't think that Jo will allow Harry to doubt his 
destiny for a long time. I will be glad if it will last a couple of 
chapters.

Like maybe he will decide to give up one thing - Quidditch for 
example and then some kind of disaster strikes and Harry is back to 
the rescue.  Too bad though, I would love him to doubt his destiny.

But I am telling you - I like your interpretation MUCH better than 
mine prediction and I will be incredibly happy if yours will be 
correct.

Yes, Harry has to choose his courage and I agree - to win over 
Voldemort Harry has to stop being afraid of death (maybe he WILL 
travel to underworld after all). I think not being afraid of death 
will help him survive at the end.

It will be fun, if Harry lets Snape insults go unanswered for a 
while, but then finally explodes.

In any event, I don't believe that JKR will take it as far as 
turning Harry in Malfoy's clone. She is too adamant in drawing 
distinction between them . :o)