Harry the Auror

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 89215

Regina Olshan wrote:

> As for his exceptional DADA talent, even Hermione in
> OOP agrees that he is the best in the class year in
> the subject, better even than her. His performance at
> the DADA OWLs is clearly presented as exceptional and
> impresses an extremely experienced examiner. 

Del answers :

Yes, Harry is good at DADA. He's good because he's got a personal 
interest in it. Just like many kids are good at music because they 
love it, and practice outside of school. So that when they get to 
study music in school, they of course end up being much better than 
anyone else. No great mystery in this, and no need for an exceptional 
talent either.

Regina  said :
 
> We also know Lupin gave him the highest DADA marks in
> class (higher than Hermione), and that DD considers
> the talent and courage Harry displayed to be
> exceptional. McGonangal believes he can be an auror
> and that DADA is the one subject he does not need to
> bring up his marks in. 
> 
> I think Harry's exceptional DADA abilities are pretty
> much as much established in the canon as anything is.
> (Both our "info from JKR conduits", Hermione and DD
> comment on it, just to make sure we get it!)

Del answers :

Yes, they all comment on it, so that we forget to check how he's 
doing in the rest of his studies. And the truth is : he's doing like 
an average student. And McGonagall makes it clear that there are 
subjects where he needs to work hard to get his marks up, like 
Potions. Snape being the teacher makes it harder for him to get good 
grades, of course, but his copying Hermione's homework on quite a few 
occasions on varied subjects doesn't help either !
Harry reminds me very much of a university friend, who was very good 
in computers, but couldn't be bothered to study anything else. He 
wanted to work in computers, so why should he study Maths ? Well, you 
guess it, he failed miserably and couldn't enter the Computers class 
he had his eyes on.
Even Tonks was like that : she was very good at Disguise or whatever 
it will called, because she of course had a natural talent for it. 
But she almost failed because of her weakness in other areas.

Regina :
 
> I will not comment further on his morality but also do
> not understand at all how attempting to hurt (not
> kill!) someone who is laughing at having killed your
> loved one can possibly be a serious moral flaw (if it
> is, certainly almost everyone share it). Thanks Sue!

Del answers :

We're not talking about just hurting someone. We're talking about 
*torturing* someone. That's why the Cruciatus is an Unforgivable. 
Harry went through it, he knows what it does, and he still wanted to 
apply it to another human being. That shows he's got no compassion 
and no self-restraint. I went through some bad things, and I sure 
sometimes wish I could make my tormentors go through what I 
experienced, but I wouldn't actually do it, because I know it's plain 
WRONG. You don't make the world a better place by doing bad things. 
And you can't make yourself feel better by hurting others. Harry 
obviously still hasn't learned that.

Del