Emotional Intimacy in the HP stories (not necessarily romantic)

[haraheart]

No: HPFGUIDX 105517

"harp66" <harp66 at y...> wrote:
>> Is the relationship between Harry and Ron a good model of teenage 
male friendship? What are community members' thoughts on the way her 
friendship with Ron/Harry is depicted in terms of sharing herself 
with them emotionally? Shared adventures aside, how deep is their 
relationship? And why isn't she shown to have female intimates? Is 
this a flaw in the stories? <<


I have a 14 year old son, and he seems incapable of sharing his 
feelings with anyone.  He has friends that are boys and friends that 
are girls (and a couple of girlfriends in the proper sense).  JKR 
could get completely bound up in teenage angst if she wanted to, but 
that is not the genre of the books.  I think she tackles their 
emotional sides pretty well, and if Harry's feelings over Sirius and 
his parents isn't emotional I don't know what is.
Teenagers are capable of having lots of close friends that are close 
for different reasons.  Ron is Harry's mate, his best friend in all 
the world.  Hermione is his window into the female psyche, but you 
could argue that Hermione is more of a swat and not actually that 
interested in the differences between boys and girls...if youknow 
what I mean.  She will blossom. 
Cho Chang was his initiation into lurve...
Malfoy his arch enemy -they will never be friends, no matter what 
transpires in Book 6 and 7.
I think if JKR concentrated too much on their emontional side, we 
would get lost in it all

"haraheart"