Theoretical boundaries

[ms_luna_knows]

No: HPFGUIDX 120330



> <SNIP> 
Lupinlore:
> Oh, I think that is perfectly plausible, although Harry seems to
> have grown up in an awfully big spurt.  
> 
> <snip>

Moonmyyst:
> IMO, the events in the graveyard were enough to make ANYONE grow 
> up rather quickly.  
> 
> I found OOTP to be a very ...uncomfortable... book.  But then, I
> felt the same way about that period in my life.  (But then, as my 
> son reminds me, the dinosaurs could have had a hand in that!!)

 
Moon, you gave me a great belly laugh with your line about the
dinosaurs..Good one!!!

I also agree that events in the graveyard were enough to make Harry
grow up, but I also think that there is more to it, such as the 
teenager's angst that has exploded in him during the OOP, made more 
explosive by the graveyard events. Because IMO what makes the last 
book so uncomfortable to read was Harry's VERY hormone induced, 
teenage way of "handling" things...I kept asking myself why doesn't 
Harry do this or that to relieve his "guilt/attitude"....but the 
hormones have kidnapped his brain and he can do nothing without that 
getting in his way. (I know, I live with a 13 year old boy/teenager
who thinks he can "handle" things.)  

Ms. Luna