Producing a Patronus + reaction to a Dementor

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 89507

Del laughs :
> See ? You're doing it again :-) First you 
> say Harry is a human being, and then you go 
> on saying he is extraordinary. You're not 
> necessarily technically wrong, but you make 
> it sound like Harry is above all the rest, 
> like he's the ONLY ONE who will prove how 
> extraordinary he is. In my idea, quite a few 
> other people, both young and older, will come 
> to prove how extraordinary they can be, just 
> as extraordinary as Harry ! It's a war, it's 
> bound to bring to the light the best and 
> the worst of everyone.


And now Sue...who was not going to say anymore.

You can be human, young and extrordinary all at the same time.  I 
think our basic difference is that I see Harry as special because JKR 
sees him as special. The books are about him.  If he were not special 
why write about him?  Why not just call it The Sorcerer's 
(Philosopher's) Stone and leave him out of it completely?  

All of the ways Harry is special have been mentioned here repeatedly 
by those who defend our position.  I don't think that after 7 books 
this argument will go away simply because, from my perspective at 
least, If you don't see him as extrordiary now you never will.  We 
all have our own vision of the characters and our favorites.  This is 
a work of fiction, a beautiful work of fiction where the characters 
come alive for us in different ways.  I am sure if I were reading 
this book as a much younger person, my opinions would be different.  
But from my point of view, having children of my own, teaching for 
many years and knowing many different kinds of people, you do not 
have to be Superman to be extrordinary.  For some people the simple 
act of continuing to live is an extrordinary feet.

As I have said before, I see Harry as special, gifted, moral and 
powerful.  I also see him as human, young, and sad. All of these 
things, all at once.   That does not mean that Harry is the ONLY one 
who can be all of these things (or any combination there of).  I do 
not see being extrordinary, gifted etc. as attributes that only one 
person can have at a time.  There are many people who have these 
gifts in the RW. I have nothing to prove, I only wanted to defend 
someone I care about, who cannot defend himself in this forum.  JKR, 
I am sure, will show us all who Harry truly is in the end. Whether 
you and I have the same perspective on who he is remains to be seen.

Sue (Who is finished now, no matter what.)