Harry's 'Goodness' (was Re: Dirty Harry/Clean Harry)

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 117059


> Del:
> In fact, if we try to be fair, we should conclude from the books that :
> - Mme Maxime saw the dragons and told Fleur. But she most probably
> doesn't know that Harry and Karkaroff saw them too. So technically
> Fleur thinks she's got an advantage over all the other champions.
> - Karkaroff saw the dragons and most probably Mme Maxime. We can
> presume that he told both those things to Viktor. So Viktor thinks
> that both Harry and Cedric are at a disadvantage.
> - Harry is the only one who knows that only Cedric doesn't know about
> the dragons.
> 
> Hence, we can't really compare Harry's action with the other
> champions' actions. Not all of them had all the cards in hand.

You've a point there, but I'd guess that Mme. Maxime would believe
that the other contestants might know, and Karkaroff, cynic that he
would be, takes it for granted that the other contestants know. 

I think it's valid that you can't hold up this example alone as proof
of Harry's sportsmanship, but we see other examples of it. He alwasy
seems to focus on his own performance, not on bringing down the
others.  He competes but doesn't personalize it.  They're all signs of
the good character we're talking about. Taken that way, he's acting
consistently with how we see him throughout the tournament.