OotP Harry not a prefect & his Inner Voice

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 115132


Geoff Bannister wrote : 
"We got to know a small circle of friends, one or two older boys might
 be known because of their position in the school heirarchy or a
society connection. There has to be some sort of common ground -
mutual friends, similar interests, competition in a subject; being in
the same classroom isn't an essential element of that."

Del replies :
Uh, Geoff, you do realise that you are actually adding to my side of
the argument, don't you ;-) ?

Because according to what you say, Harry would not have noticed if
Dean or Seamus had shined in something he, Harry, was not interested
in. In fact, Harry's interaction with those boys is a quite clear
illustration of what you say : they are all in the same class, they
sleep in the same dorm, but we don't see that Harry knows either of
them very well beyond that (and vice versa). That's even why I'm so
annoyed for his getting angry at Seamus because the boy believes his
mom : Harry seems to expect Seamus to believe him instead, even though
they are no more than classmates, far from friends. But that's another
matter entirely.

Del