Re: [HPforGrownups] Harry?s anger: teen angst or channeling Voldemort?

[Troels Forchhammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 94223

At 21:51 27-03-04 +0000, nkafkafi wrote:


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>Each of these small episodes by itself could have been only teen
>angst, but taken together they are telling. Of course, we see Harry
>having surges of anger towards many other people in OotP, but it is
>especially out-of-character when it is directed towards his close
>friends.

Well done, Neri ;-)

It's nice to see that I'm not the only one suspecting that (at
least a significant part of) Harry's anger in OotP was due to
his contact with Voldemort.

I never thought of arguing the way you did - thanks.

We do know from the occasions where Harry is aware of the contact,
that Harry not only knows what Voldemort is feeling, but that he
actually /feels/ the emotions on himself. The contact is
maintained throughout the year - Harry has already started having
dreams of the Department of Mysteries when the book opens - and
the anger and resentment Harry feels throughout the book seems, to
me, very appropriate residue from Voldemort's normal emotional
state.

/Troels