Planning the future

[Tim]

No: HPFGUIDX 87978

Spangb:
> Thinking about Harry, I was stuck by the fact that he doesn't 
> make any plans about the future. Leave planning, he doesn't even 
> think about future to know how events might turn up. He blithely goes 
> on, reacting to events that happen. 
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> ...will he start thinking about what might happen, how he might defeat
> Voldemort, make plans, learn new skills, prepare himself? Or will he 
> just wait for Voldemort to turn up and rely on last minute luck and 
> courage under fire?


As the others have noted some of it is due to Harry's youth. Along those lines, Harry is new to the WW. Before he probably wanted to be a pilot when he grew up so he could fly away from the Dursleys. Since becoming a wizard, he has not had a lot of time and contact with the WW to explore what jobs are possible, to imagine a future as a wizard. Except maybe as a pro Quiddich player.

But also Harry may be a reactive type. The kind of person who in Chess plays the black pieces best; who in boxing is a counter puncher. 

Tim