Producing a Patronus + reaction to a Dementor

[iris_ft]

No: HPFGUIDX 89313

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
>  

> I have come out in support of Harry on a number of past occasions 
as 
> not being either evil, ruthless or on the opposite side a perfect 
> Christ figure.
> 
> The following is part of a comment I originally made in message 
78099 
> which also involved a discussion on belief but summarises my 
feelings 
> about Harry as a character.
> 
> "Again, to finish, Dumbledore points out to Harry in COS that what 
we
> are is a result of our choices, not our abilities and this again is
> part of the core of real Christian belief. 
> 
> Harry reminds me so much of myself in many ways when I was at that 
> age, looking for answers, being impatient, not listening to wiser 
> counsels, making a pig's ear of things but I believe that I 
finally 
> reached decisions which have given me a full and satisfying life 
> because I made the right choices at the right time. I am sure that 
> many contributors to this group will snort and say "Rubbish" 
because 
> they do not share my view of life - and they have a perfect right 
to 
> do so. My point is that people who are at the stage of making 
choices 
> for themselves at crucial moments could do far worse than looking 
at 
> the advice Harry receives from all directions and the ultimate 
(and 
> sometimes flawed)choices he makes".

Oh no, I'll never say "rubish" reading a point of view like yours, 
because, as I wrote last summer (that's the auto-quotation day...), 
I consider that JKR's books are companions for our own human journey,
and so is Harry. Would so many people discuss about him if he were 
perfect? If he didn't make mistakes? Probably not. He's here to held 
out to us a mirror (one more mirror!)in which we can see our human 
defects and our human qualities. 
Two Knuts,

Amicalement,

Iris