Harry's questions about his parents (was Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and the Dream, 2-way mirror)

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No: HPFGUIDX 117388


 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
> <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> 
> snip.
> 
> > My annoyance with Harry over the whole curiosity issue has grown 
so
> > much that it interferes with my willingness to see him as an
> > attractive character.  I'm starting to think he's just dumb in a 
> lot
> > of ways.
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Yes, it is annoying, but I believe that this is plot dictated and 
> plot dictated only. He is not supposed to know yet, so he is not 
> asking. But I agree with you - it looks more and more stupid in 
> every book.

Marianne:

Agreed to all of the above.  JKR can't reveal everything until its 
proper place in the story.  That's obviously her perogative as the 
author, but I think it can lead to differing levels of frustration 
for readers.  For some, Harry's history of living with the "Don't ask 
questions" Dursleys is enough to explain his lack of curiosity 
regarding his family background.  For me, that excuse wore out 
completely in OoP, when Harry was living in the same house as 
Sirius.  Maybe JKR wanted to portray Sirius as so depressed or 
unstable or whatever, that we are supposed to believe he'd never want 
to or be capable of having this sort of discussion with Harry.
But, even when Sirius was in a positive mode, such as the first part 
of the Christmas break, there was no evidence the two of them shared 
any sort of serious conversation.  It's irksome to me. It may be 
important to the gradual revelations of the plot, but it strikes me 
as unnatural for both Harry and Sirius to have so assiduously avoided 
this sort of conversation.

Marianne