Themes in OotP (was Re: Angry Harry in HBP?)

[a_b_desert_king]

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> SSSusan:
> A nice analysis, Rebecca.  I especially like the points you're 
making 
> here at the end -- that it's just ILLOGICAL for no adult to have 
sat 
> Harry down over this issue of visions.  Heck, DD could have 
*written* 
> to Harry about it, even if he feared being in the same room with 
> him.  A letter from DD would have gotten Harry's attention, I'm 
sure 
> of it.
> 
> A lot of OotP, I think, found the adults in Harry's life flat-out 
> *uncomfortable* with things pertaining to Harry and VW2.  They 
knew 
> more than he; they weren't comfortable, to varying degrees, with 
> telling him things; they weren't sure how to reconcile his having 
> proven himself to be mature & capable with his young age & their 
fear 
> for his future.  It doesn't make their behaviors -- particularly 
> their avoidance behaviors -- right or excusable, but I do think 
they 
> may be fairly realistic behaviors for many people.  They know some 
> awful stuff; they're worried; they don't want to burden the poor 
> tyke.  Maybe they don't trust themselves to sit down & just chat 
with 
> him because if he asks the wrong kind of question, they're going 
to 
> feel bad about being evasive.  
> 
> It was WRONG to have behaved this way -- they could have at least 
> TRIED spending time with him & talking, to see how it would go, 
but 
> they didn't.  Now, any adult who's been dreading a conversation 
with 
> a child or a question from a child will probably identify with 
their 
> feelings, but at least a couple of them should have risen above it 
> and showed Harry some real support and willingness to talk about 
at 
> least some of the difficult stuff.  Or to be open about what 
couldn't 
> be talked about.
> snip

Which brings to mind in PoA when Arthur Weasley makes a special 
effort to tell Harry about Sirius 'being after Harry' even though 
everyone from the MoM to Molly think Harry isn't old enough to know 
the truth.  

And what did Harry do when he heard 'the truth' finally?  He 
confronted Sirius in the shrieking shack and possibly put himself 
and his friends at risk (if Sirius had indeed been after him).

This would make me wonder if it was wise to tell Harry any details - 
he's shown us that he doesn't take direction very well when he's 
told NOT to do something (which is exactly what he would be told in 
OOtP).  

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