Angry Harry in HBP?

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Lupinlore:
I'm not Javalorum, obviously, but I'll take a stab at it.  I think 
what Java is trying to say is that it isn't that Harry being angry 
at events is unbelievable, it's that the events *themselves* are 
unbelievable.  That is it stretches credulity to think that 
Dumbledore would be *that* stupid, that McGonagall would be *that* 
ham-handed and unsympathetic, etc.  The whole thing smells of plot 
device.  In order to have Harry become progressively angrier to the 
point of breakdown, JKR had to have the characters around Harry 
behave in incredibly stupid ways that are not in keeping with how 
they've been portrayed in previous books.



Alla:

Oh, OK, thanks. I understand this POV, but I disagree with it. I 
think Dumbledore's flaws (keeping important information from Harry 
in this instance) were developed pretty nicely over the series and 
did not just show up out of nowhere at the end of OOP.

For example, remember the end of PS/SS and what does Dumbledore 
answer to Harry's inquiry "truth is terrible thing" blah, 
blah,blah. :o).


We discussed Mcgonagall recently and yes, I think she should have 
done MUCH more for Harry than telling him "to get a grip", BUT I do 
think that she was acting in character.


Have you EVER seen her acting nice and motherly to Harry during the 
course of the series? She is fair, IMO but not kind.


So, NO, I disagree with the opinion that characters acted wierdly 
only to help plot moving forward in OOP. I do think that character 
development was not compromised for the most part. JMO.  


Alla