Harry's developing behaviour - average or unique?

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 118593


> Del replies :
>I'm not wishing for any character to start pounding on Harry. That's
not what I mean. All I would like to see is some *life* in the other
characters. In OoP, it often looks like Harry is the only one who's
got a real life. Some other characters do have emotional outbursts
(Cho cries, Neville learns to fight), but there's nothing consistent
(except maybe for Luna).


Alla:

Del, that I understand perfectly and agree with. Idealistically, I 
would love other characters to help Harry grieve and deal with it, 
but definitely get more fleshed out.
Since I don't think that Remus is ESE, for example, I would LOVE to 
know what he is thinking  and I also think that he is ina  good 
position to help Harry "master his emotions" since he obvoiously ahd 
been "mastering his emotions" all his life.


Del:
 
> I do know that the books are about Harry, and also that if JKR 
started writing a real life about too many minor characters, the 
books would triple in volume. I know that. But the fact that OoP was 
so intensely focused on Harry's volatile emotions, and that no other 
character seemed to have a real life of their own, made the reading 
of the book quite flat for me.


Alla:

Again, I understand it perfectly and I am very lucky, since I love 
Harry's character, BUT of course I am also interested in the adults, 
nevertheless you said it yourself - the books ARE about Harry, so I 
think we will be lucky, if even SOME of the other characters will be 
more developed.
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