[HPforGrownups] Re: Angry Harry in HBP?

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No: HPFGUIDX 119673



Geoff Bannister <gbannister10 at aol.com> wrote:
Geoff:
I think he already has begun to....

In message 118643, I was following up a thread which I had actually 
started at message 118574 "Harry's developing behaviour - average or 
unique?" and I wrote the following which I think is relevant to your 
comment.....

"Harry nodded. He somehow could not find words to tell them what it 
meant to him to see them all ranged there, on his side. Instead, he 
smiled, raised a hand in farewell, turned around and led the way out 
of the station towards the sunlit street with Uncle Vernon, Aunt 
Petunia and Dudley hurrying along in his wake."

(OOTP "The Second War Begins" p.766 UK edition)

That smile, for me, is almost like the sun beginning to try to break 
through the heavy storm clouds after rain on the hills above my home; 
things are beginning to clear, there is hope that brightness is 
coming.

Geoff


 

That scene touched me deeply.  I saw this as several things.  I saw Harry grow up a good bit in that moment.  I also saw him steel himself to what had happened.  He finally came to understand that he was not alone like he thought throughout OotP.  I also saw him coming to grips with the Dursleys and his past.  Instead of trailing after them, he lead the way and they were trailing after him.  I have always held that OotP was a very uncomfortable book.  That is probably why it is my favorite.  That is a very uncomfortable age under the best of circumstances.  (I have raised 2 kids through that age and have one left to go.)  I think that we are going to see a more determined, more focused, more adult Harry in the next 2 books.

 

moonmyyst  


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