[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry enjoying his friends pain (was: Harry's disposition)

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 94682



Hi,

Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 12:24:58 AM, sienna291973 wrote:

> In addition, I believe he forgives his friends 
> very easily (far more easily than I would have).  They are none of
> them operating under the extreme pressures that Harry is, and a
> little more foresight and compassion on their part would not be
> unwelcome.

Well, they *are* all still relatively young, and they tried
very hard to be as compassionate as possible, under the
circumstances.

But I'm almost sure, he would have blown up at his friends
anyhow, since they couldn't give him the information he
wanted.
And Ron only talked to Hermione about Harry still dreaming,
because he was worried about him, and trying to help, not to
hurt Harry's feelings.

> Ron's bout of jealousy in my opinion was far worse, because
> (frankly) he has none of the excuses that Harry does.

See, this doesn't convince me at all.

It's not that because Harry has more "excuses", now nobody
else can feel bad.

Ron has things that hurt his feelings, and so does Hermione,
and everybody else, no matter if there is somebody else out
there, who gets hurt more often.

You can't tell other people, that they now
have lost their right to feel bad about anything (or the
right to express these feelings), unless it's as bad
as what soandso is going through.

Other people deserve compassion just as much as Harry
Potter, and I'm pretty sure Harry would agree with me (most
of the time),

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at msn.com