Angry Harry in HBP?

[jeanico2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 119712


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant9998" 
<eggplant9998 at y...> wrote:
> 
> "javalorum" <javalorum at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Harry being angry and arrogant is really my general
> > disappointment with ootp 
> 
> Exactly right, Yea, why was Harry so angry? I really can't imagine 
> why. Just because your mother, father and beloved godfather were 
> murdered, and a sadistic teacher made you carve untrue words into 
> your living bleeding flesh, and everyone was calling you a silly 
> glory seeking little brat after you had just saved the entire 
world 
> at the grave risk of your own life, and you had been bitten by a 
> huge massively evil snake and been convinced you were seconds from 
> eternal oblivion, and the ministry wanted to put you in the hell 
> hole they call Azkaban for the crime of defending your life and 
that 
> of your cousin, and you were in agony from the sting of a spider 
the 
> size of a small elephant, and you were tied to a tombstone and 
> tortured so hideously you really and truly wanted to die; well,
> it's unfortunate of course but no reason for getting all
> grumpy.
> 
> Harry must be a silly little wimp to make tinny tiny little things 
> like that bother him. I'm sure in similar circumstances you would 
> have behaved far far more heroically.
> 
> Eggplant

At last! I was starting to think that I was the only one who thought 
it normal that Harry was so angry in book 5! I agree with you 100% 
on this, Eggplant. If JK Rowling had written Harry's character any 
differently in OOTP, it would'nt have been normal or natural. The 
fact that Harry is so human and normal in his reactions is what 
makes him so deeply endearing to me. The fact that he's been through 
so much at his age and is still a whole person capable of feelings 
such as caring and loving is proof of his incredible inner strength. 
The fact that he feels betrayed and angry and doesn't trust easily 
is, to me, the absolute proof that he is human. I would have reacted 
the same way. No, wait... I would have died of fright the first time 
I saw Voldermort stuck to the back of Quirrel's head!  
Nicole