Harry the Auror

[frost_indri]

No: HPFGUIDX 88956

> <sawsan_issa at e...> wrote:
> > I wonder just what are the qualifications of being an auror? I 
mean we know from OotP that one has to exceed academically as well 
as have no criminal record; but I wonder after all Harry has done 
for Hogwarts 
> 
> sachmet96
> That no criminal record could be a problem for Harry. He tried to 
use  an unforgivable and even if it's not on record he might get 
asked if he has ever used such curses, <<snip>> So I can't see him 
as an auror and I don't think there should be exceptions just 
because he is famous. 
>>

Frost:  
  I agree that would be problematic for Harry, but not crippling. He 
only tried, and couldn't beyond a half a second. Maybe because it 
was above him, and maybe because he just didn't have that sort of 
cruelty in him.  It could be looked over in light of more recent 
evidence. Maybe.  
  It sounds like becoming an auror is similar to working for the FBI 
(or British equivalent, sorry, I am ignorant and do not know what it 
is.)  I've known a couple of people who were trying to get to work 
there, and in other branches of the gov't and they were checked out 
so thoroughly... there couldn't help but be marks against them.  But 
that didn't leave them sitting dead in the water.  
  Also, the exception wouldn't be made because Harry is famous, it 
would be because of exceptional service to the MoM and Wizarding 
Kind everywhere.  When it's just because of fame, it's because they 
have a name everyone knows, they're rich, and the community is 
putting pressure on them.  Harry might, by the end of the story, 
have earned forgiveness for the brash, angry decision he made while 
15. Or at least have been deemed punished enough.  

Sachmet96
>>
He also hasn't  shown any significant (magical) abilities above 
average.
>>

He doesn't have to, if he can be exceptional by trying.  Just being 
naturally talented doesn't make you somehow better. It just means 
that you have a slight edge. You still have to be able to work hard, 
concentrate, learn, and grow or you're going to stagnate in your 
natural talent.  Anyone else who works harder will become better 
than you.  
  Harry has shown the willingness to work hard, and push himself. 
IE, how and why he learned to do the Patronus Charm.  He learned it 
while fainting from fear and hearing the voices of his dying parents 
and their murderer in his head. They learned it in a comfortable 
room, without even the benefit of a Bogart-dementor.  I doubt any of 
them, with the exception of Hermione, would be able to produce a 
real patronus when faced with a real dementor. The only reason I 
think Hermione could is because she's faced them before, and has a 
better idea of what she would need to fight.  Harry has, and every 
time, it's been a struggle, but he did it. 
  Which also show that he is willing to face his fears.  He's 
demonstrated the needed ability to think on his feet, to react well 
to a situation,  and, to some extent, figure out clues and put 
things together. He has leadership skills, and can work well on a 
team.  

He has the potential. The only question is...

Sachmet96
>> And I personally can't see him as  an auror; after all they have 
to follow rules and orders and Harry is exceptionally bad at this :-)

  Yup.  That would be crippling to his ability to be an Auror.  He's 
never learned much trust or respect of authority, and where he has 
(DD), he's never been one to figure out when to do it.  How many 
times have I sat there, reading, and screaming "go tell Dumbledore, 
you idiot!" (or "at least try talking to Sirius!" (I really get into 
the books. ^_^'''))  And he didn't understand that he needed to stay 
still and not to magic after the Dementor attack so that others 
could save his wand & Butt.  He figured since that he couldn't do 
anything, no one else could.  Granted, they were idiots to not tell 
him anything of what was going on, but... still. It was a show of a 
lack of maturity on his part.

 I think he could overcome this still in the next two books, but we 
won't know till it happens, no?

Frost