Pensieve Incident : is Harry stupid ?

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 100808

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" 
<delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> 
> Apart from the fact that I think that Harry had no right to go and
> invade somebody else's memories, I'm left wondering whether Harry is
> stupid or something. When I first read that scene, I remember 
wanting
> to scream to Harry not to do it, because *he doesn't know how to get
> out of a Pensieve on his own !* When Harry went into DD's Pensieve 
in
> GoF, he was stuck there, and he had to go from memory to memory 
until
> DD came and took him out. So how ever did he expect to get out of 
the
> Pensieve this time ?
> 
> Del

Ally:

I would say yes - being an impetuous and curious 15 yr old is very 
often the same as being stupid.  : )  Harry definitely made a mistake 
there, but one that was so *Harry* I could hardly be surprised or 
angry with him.  I think he just rushed in headlong because the 
curiosity got the better of him.  Remember, he still has his doubts 
about Snape's allegiances, so he probably thought he might finally 
get that question resolved . . . and I suspect he probably would have 
if Snape hadn't pulled him out when he did.