Good moral core (Re: Dirty Harry/Clean Harry)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 117160


SSSusan:
> >  It *felt* like the right thing to do once he'd "chosen" Ron 
> > over Draco. Ron was fun, Ron was nice, it felt like the right 
> > thing to do.... It *felt* GOOD, we're told.  It *felt* RIGHT. 
> > There's your reinforcement.  And that doesn't seem hard to 
> > understand or believe, for me.

Dan:
> Well, this is really core for me, in trying to limn the ethical 
> dimensions of the books.
> 
> Our own response to Draco in our encounters with him are set up so 
> as to parallel Harry's. <snip>
> When we meet Ron, however, we are rather introduced to someone who 
> expresses natural curiosity, and observational skills (about the 
> scar, e.g.), self-depricating humour (Scabbers and he's useless), 
> and, most importantly, someone who, though from an all-wizarding 
> family, expresses fair-mindedness ("There's loads of people who 
> come from Muggle families and they learn quick enough.")
> 
> My question is, then, what choice is there? Susan says we are told 
> it *FELT* right. Perhaps the setup by Rowling I've described is 
> what she means, for Rowling doesn't, as usual, describe how Harry 
> is feeling, either when he first meets Draco, though he is 
> reminded of Dudley, or when Draco and Co. enter Ron and Harry's 
> compartment on the train.


SSSusan:
You're right that there is no sentence which says, "And Harry felt 
good for having shared his food!" :-)  However, there is this:

"Go on, have a pasty," said Harry, who had never had anything to 
share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with.  It was *a nice 
feeling*, sitting there with Ron, eating their way through all 
Harry's pasties, cakes, and candies...." [SS, US hardback, p. 102, 
emphasis added]

*Perhaps* I've done some interpretation here(?), but it seemed 
pretty straightforward to me that Harry is enjoying being with Ron 
AND sharing his stuff.

Siriusly Snapey Susan