Harry begins to act like someone I know...

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>--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "evita2fr" <Snarryfan at a...> 
wrote:

> Yes he helped him. One point for the Gryffindor. 

I would say more like 100 points for Gryffindor.
Let's take a closer look at his dear cousin:o)

"Dudley's favourite punching bag was Harry, but he could not often 
catch him" PS/SS, p.20

"Harry was glad school was over, but there was no escaping Dudley's 
gang, who visited the house every single day. Piers, Dennis, Malcolm 
and Gordon were all big and stupid, but as Dudley was the biggest and 
stupidiest of the lot, he was the leader. The rest of them were quite 
happy to join in Dudley's favourtie sport: Harry Hunting" PS/SS, p.31

"Harry knew perfectly well that Dudley had not been to tea ahywhere; 
he and his gang spent every evening vandalising the  play park, 
smoking on street corners, and throwing stones  at passing cars and 
children". OoP, p.3


I think the fact that Harry helped Dudsley is by itself a lot. Harry 
is not perfect, so I do not expect him in addition to that care to 
much about Dudsley physical and emotional well-being after the fact.


 What I like, it's 
> what he did after:
> He dragged Diddy home,and when he's ill and his parents 
hyperworried, 
> and Harry prefer go upstairs, stay 'invisible'. It's like 'ok, I've 
> done the minimum, now *I*'m in danger, better to go far away before 
> the explosion'.

Well, yeah, except I think he did more than minimum. :o) Besides, 
that is what Dursleys wanted all the time for Harry to 
stay "invinsible", right?



Sorry, I am with Sherry on this one.



 --- > Sherry previously wrote:
> > 
> > I wonder, now that the comparison of the two scenes has come into 
> my mind,
> > if Snape saw any of the marauders being attacked by dementors, 
what 
> would he
> > have done.  Harry keeps trying to warn Dudley, even while he's 
> looking for
> > his wand, even after Dudley has just slugged him.  That's the 
thing 
> that
> > always struck me in this scene.  Dudley has tormented Harry all 
> these years,
> > but he still tries to protect him and does save him.  To me, that 
> shows good
> > stuff in Harry's character.  I don't know if I think Snape would 
> have acted
> > the same in similar circumstances.  And I'm not one who thinks 
> Snape is a
> > traitor or anything.  I find his character to be very complex and
> > interesting.  I just think that Harry acted with compassion, and 
I 
> don't
> > know that Snape would have.  I guess it all goes back to Harry's 
> desire to
> > save people.
>


Hmm. what Snape would have done? We have Shrieking Shack as a prime 
example, of course.

I won't go into details of him threatening to feed Sirius to 
dementors. I've said enough on this subject in the past. :o)

I want to comment on the fact that Snape puts Sirius on the 
stretcher, when push comes to shove. Does it show that he can treat 
his beaten enemy with decency, as Pippin suggested? 

Very, very possibly and honestly, despite the fact that I often look 
for negative interpretation of Snape's actions, I would prefer for 
Rowling to surprise me. Honestly. :o)

Now, another possibility of why Snape did not feed Sirius to 
dementors right away would be that he simply wanted to deliver him to 
Dumbledore and get the "Order of Merlin, first class" for PROPERLY 
catching Sirius. :(

Who could blame Dear Severus, really. But if this is true, I see no 
comparison to how Harry acts towards his enemies.


Yes, Harry snaps often, especially in OoP
Yes, he gets angry often, especially in OoP (quite understandable, 
IMO). But frankly, I stopped worrying about his possible lack of 
compassion, when he stopped Sirius and Remus from killing Peter.

I mean, sure he did not start loving Snape yet, but there are two 
more books to come. :o) 


Alla