Hate Harry / Love Harry

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 100891

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" <> Sorry, I > 
Del 
> is horrified (kidding ;-) :
> > A crush ?! No thank you !! As I said in my previous post, I 
wouldn't
> > want much to do with Harry in real life, because he's one of 
those
> > people who think the world revolves around them. They take you 
into
> > consideration only if you have something to offer them. Just 
look at
> > the way he treats the Creevey brothers who obviously adore him. 
To 
> me,
> > Harry is one of those kids who can't be bothered by anything that
> > doesn't concern them immediately, and those people make me highly
> > uncomfortable, because *I* happen to care for a lot of things and
> > people outside my own private world.
> >
> 
> 
> Alla: Wow, where, where did you get that?:o)
> 
>  To me, Harry hates the fact that he is famous and honestly, I 
would 
> not want much to do with Collin brothers either, because they 
> constantly remind him that he is famous.
> 
> I remember that Harry tried to be nice to them, but then he just 
> tries to escape. I think it is perfectly understandable. 
> 
> Alla

Meri now (Harry lovers unite!):
I agree. Harry has always hated his fame, and has always always 
always been able to see right through people who are interested in 
him solely because he is famous (ie: Lockhart, Rita Skeeter). That 
the Creevey brothers worship him is a fact that I am sure any 
fifteen year old, or really anyone, would wish to ignore (well, 
maybe not Malfoy). In fact one of the qualities that always struck 
me about Harry was his compassion for others. When he first meets 
Dobby he asks him to sit (like, Dobby says, an equal) and by the end 
of the book has not only made an effort to know more about Dobby but 
also to help him, something most wizards wouldn't have done. At the 
end of the ressurection scene in GoF, Harry grants Ghost!Cedric's 
wish to return his body to his parents, something which he does at 
great cost to himself. He never tells Ron or Hermione about 
Neville's parents after learning about their fate and at the end of 
OotP, as he is torn assunder with grief over Sirius' death he feels 
*pity* for Luna because she is made fun of and because people steal 
her books and things. He even offers to help her look for them. And 
also to Harry being, to quote Del "one of those kids who can't be 
bothered by anything that doesn't concern them immediately" Harry 
gets involved plenty with things that don't concern him immideately, 
like both Pensieves, the Sorcerer's Stone, helping Hagrid with baby 
Norbert and Grawp, etc. Though I am sure that Dell would just 
dismiss that as nosiness. Anyway, one of the things that I love 
about JKR's books is that there is no single saintly perfect 
character who has no bad qualities. Every character has its good 
qualities and bad. Just like, last time I checked, real people. 
That's what makes them so compelling. 

Meri, who remains a Harry lover till the end, and would so have a 
massive crush on him as well if she were to meet him (and if she 
doesn't already).