Theoretical boundaries

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No: HPFGUIDX 120359


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ms_luna_knows" <klevasseur at e...> wrote:
> 
> 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.)  
> 

Yep, teenage angst could be the explanation, or part of it at least.

But there's something else that might be coming into play, something
that is *specific* to Harry - the Voldy fragment. I've opined before
that the graveyard episode where Voldy eliminates Harry's protection
might not just make him vulnerable to outside influences but to 
internal ones too - that fragment might no longer be restrained and
not just Voldy powers but Voldy personality is starting to show too.

I find it interesting that none of the other teenagers are showing similar
temper tantrums and bloody-mindedness. 

Kneasy