Harry's developing behaviour - average or unique?

[paul_terzis]

No: HPFGUIDX 118601


> Snow wrote:
> Your post, Geoff, was extraordinary! I appreciate a man's point of 
> view and can agree except where it involves Harry's acute actions to 
> his feelings in OOP. I agree that it could be a typical teenage angst 
> but this boy has voices in his head
that isn't normal in any 
> spectrum. These voices haven't been exactly pinned down as to whom 
> they are but we do know that a piece of Voldemort is inside of Harry. 
> In this case we are not dealing with a real world conception of the 
> typical teenager, male or female. There is nothing typical about 
> Harry or his background let alone his future. 
> It can be typical for any teenager (even those you think would 
> never
) to behave in an unusual fashion but Harry is different 
> despite Dumbledore's protective blockers to keep him as normal a boy 
> as he could hope for.  Harry is just not the A typical teenager, and 
> I don't think we should perceive him as such. 
> Even Dumbledore does not underestimate Harry's behavior as his own 
> when he refuses to look at Harry, for the majority of the year, 
> because of the intense presence of Voldemort that lies within. 
> 

 I agree with Snow. Harry is not exactly the average teenager. In
addition to the typical teenage angst, he has some aggravating
factors. He had been abused emotionally ang mentally enough for a
lifetime by his "caring family". He faced more than once near-death
situations. There is a maniac, powerful, evil wizard who with his gang
who consists of sadists murderers seeks to kill Harry and everyone
near Harry in every possible opportunity. He had already lost his
parents and his godfather by this maniac. Well to be honest I am
really surprised that Harry is acting so mildly until now. I was
expected more violent outbursts from him in OOTP. Maybe JKR tries to
outline Harry's story as parralel for the dilemmas and opposite for
the choices to that of Voldermort. Of course that remains to be seen
in book 6 and book 7.

Cheers,
Paul