OOP - Creating distance from Harry - was "What JKR Finds Important"

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No: HPFGUIDX 115937


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "legobaty29" <legobaty29 at y...> 
wrote:
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> Legobaty:
> 
> Harry's behaviour in OOP seemed very much like typical teenage 
behaviour - being in a mood because your friends are prefects and you 
aren't.  Thinking no-one understands you and that your problems are 
sooo much bigger than everyone else's. Wanting to be part of the 
adult goings-on (OOP meetings where the kids had to go to bed and ALL 
contested it hotly).


Alla:

Yep, I adore JKR for daring to show teenager mood swings in Harry's 
character. I was not feeling calustrophobic, but I understand why 
other people could experience that sensation - we certainly were in 
Harry's head A LOT.

Legobaty:

> It did seem to be so present on every page - Harry was overreacting 
to a lot of things Hermione and Ron said, and even moody teenagers 
usually don't fight against their peers AND adults all the time. 
Harry seems constantly annoyed that people aren't taking him as 
seriously as he would like to be taken.  He seems too obsessive for 
the Harry that we know.
>

Alla:

Well, yes, he was, but again, I found it to be VERY realistic, giving 
Harry's upbringing with Durlseys. The only question I had was why it 
did not happen earlier int eh series.


Legobaty:

> JKR could have been creating distance between the reader and Harry, 
so in the event of his possible death at the end of the series, we 
could be able to see the story as a series of events that happened to 
a certain character, rather than the WRONG series of events that 
happened to OUR hero, but I think it's more likely that JKR wassimply 
describing a Harry as he is in the fifth book - 15, moody 
(hormones!), under incredible pressure and starting to really feel it 
and struggle to accept his lot.  

Alla: 

I agree. I doubt JKR was creating distance between readers and 
Harry . Even if he dies at the end(please, no ), no distance is 
needed. Harry is the main character in the books anyway.

JKR also already said that Harry is going to have to master his 
emotions in order to be useful in HBP, so it is quite likely that 
resentful teenager stage will be less resentful in HBP.

I do worry about that statement ina  sense that she will gloss over 
Harry's emotions very fast and he will be back to happy and healthy 
in no time, but I sure hope that mastering the emotions does not mean 
forgetting about it, just healing.

Legobaty:

> As several people pointed out on this thread when it was 
titled "what JKR finds important" - this is Harry's story, no-one 
else's, which means the reader always feeling the full extent of 
Harry's feelings at any given time.  
> 


Alla:

Yes.