Angry Harry in HBP?

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 119668


> > imamommy:
> > 
> > I would expect the boy to display the classic five steps of grief:
> > shock, denial, anger/bargaining, depression, and acceptance. 
> > These are the five steps people go through when something 
> > else traumatic happens to them. Each of these steps is 
> > essential to mental health for the individual.
> 
> Vivamus:
> It has been many years, so I could be mistaken, but as I recall, 
the five stages of the grief process, as outlined by (I think) 
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, were Denial, Anger, Acceptance, Grief, and 
Resolution.  [snip]

Demetra:
Actually, iammommy was closer.  The five stages are: Denial (this 
isn't happening to me), Anger (I hate that this happening to me), 
Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...), Depression (I 
don't care anymore), Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)

If I recall my university years, Kubler-Ross was specifically 
referring to the stages one goes through when coming to terms with a 
diagnosis of a terminal illness.  When applying them to the grief 
over the loss of a loved one, I'm not sure that each stage applies.  
How would bargaining would apply in Harry's case.  He can't very well 
say "I'll never ignore Hermione's warnings again if you just bring 
Sirius back from the dead" 

I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I don't think we'll see a Harry who 
is stuck in denial or anger in HBP.  I think that Harry's interaction 
with Luna at the end of OotP, where she talks about her things being 
taken etc., was to usher him into the stage of acceptance. 


Vivamus again:
> The deepest question in this for me, is what will resolution look 
like for Harry?  Will he be engraged at LV, or quietly determined?  
Will he finally lose his arrogance, burned away by the shame of 
Sirius' death, and see Snape as a necessary but unpleasant ally?  
Will he learn to laugh again by the end of HBP?  Most of all, will he 
ever learn to forgive himself?

Demetra:
I think he will be more quietly determined.  I think he will be a 
little less likely to react rashly and run off half-cocked.  I also 
think we will see more of a melding of Harry's Gryffindor traits and 
Harry's inner Slytherin - more cunning, a little sneaky, more subtle 
and less predictable. 

Demetra