Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 100828

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> I really do wonder about people who find such fault with Harry, > 
> It makes me wonder what they get out of the books, if they are 
> cheering for the bad guys.

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> 
> I'm sure there are those who would find fault with me saying this, 
> but the books are titled "Harry Potter and..."
> 
> Not "Draco Malfoy and..." Or "Severus Snape and..."


It seems to me that "they" are getting far more out of the books 
than those who are reading them on a surface level only and taking 
everything at face value. 
Harry/Gryff = Good
Draco/Slyth = Bad

The trouble is, you see, that the author of these books sets that 
idea on it's head in the first installment with Dumbledore's little 
speech about "choices".

The trouble is, you see, that the author of these books continues to 
turn this concept on its head throughout the series. Who's the bad 
guy in PoA? Sirius Black. Until the last few chapters, that is.

If you choose to read only the surface story of the books, and you 
enjoy that, then more power to you. But your utter disregard for and 
unwillingness to try to understand anyone who chooses to dig deeper 
is more telling of you than of anyone else.

Looking for 'more' in a story or trying to suss out a character's 
motives is a *far cry* from "cheering for the bad guys". Was anyone 
turning page after page in PoA HOPING Sirius would find and kill 
Harry, just like we were all 'told' he was planning to do?

I think not.