Second Task Choice (was: Emotional Intimacy in the HP stories...)

[anasazi_pr]

No: HPFGUIDX 105558

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jason" <shrtbusryder2002 at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "anasazi_pr" <srobles at c...> 
> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "harp66" <harp66 at y...> 
wrote:
> > > Is the relationship between Harry and Ron a good model of 
teenage 
> > > male friendship? In GoF we learn that Ron is the person who 
means 
> > > most to Harry. Is that reciprocated?
> > >
> > 
> > Actually, I believe that both Ron and Hermione mean the same to 
> > Harry. I think the second task was chosen based on who would he 
> miss 
> > the most (I don't have the book with me, but I think the puzzle 
> > said "miss" specifically).
> > 
> > There could be two reasons why he chose Ron over Hermione:
> > 
> > a. Having just gotten over a row with Ron that lasted for a 
month, 
> > Harry had a very fresh memory of what it would be like to lose 
Ron 
> > and how much he would miss him.
> > 
> > b. Krum got to choose first. And we all know he chose Hermione.
> > 
> > I like to believe is the second one, because I'd like to thin 
that 
> > he'd miss both Ron and Hermione the same (seems to fit with the 
> trio 
> > interaction presented in OoTP).
> > 
> > Just my two knuts,
> > Anasazi
> > -who's anxious that she's going to write the wrong thing now that 
> > she's unmoderated-
> 
> 
> Perhaps I missed a sentence or two in GoF, or its just been so long 
> since I've read it straight through, but I dont ever remember Harry 
> choosing Ron. Seems to me Ron was chosen for him. 
> 
> I can see the powers that chose saying, "well, Krum hasn't brought 
> anyone with him and he seems to be pretty fond of Hermy so lets 
pair 
> them up and go ahead and pair up Potter and Weasly."
> 
> Jason

Hi, Jason. I found my copy of GoF. 

This is what the egg said:
"Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you re searching, ponder this:
We've taken what you'll sorely miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took,
But past an hour- the prospect's black,
Too late, it's gone, it wont come back"

And this is what Dobby said when he woke up Harry that morning.

"What?" Harry gasped. "They've got. . . they've got Ron?"
"The thing Harry Potter will miss most, sir!" squeaked Dobby.

So it seems that, though the choice was made for Harry by the Powers 
That Be, Harry's feelings were the determining factor in the choice. 
It must have been that way too with the other champions, including 
Krum's choice of Hermione.

Anasazi