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

[Cindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 115966


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "legobaty29" <legobaty29 at y...> 
wrote:
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> Ilana wrote
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> > It seems to me that JKR included a lot more moodiness (outbursts 
of anger, suppressed rage, and worry) for Harry in the final book 
than we saw in the previous books. My question is do you feel this 
was a device to create distance between the reader and Harry, rather 
than to continue and sustain unwavering empathy?  Didanyone out there 
feel claustrophobic reading OOP--like JKR was pushing Harry's view to 
the point that you couldn't see the story unfold clearly?

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If JKR was intending to create distance between the reader and Harry, 
it didn't work with me.  My sympathy for Harry went way up in book 5, 
and I could really see why Harry was behaving as he did.  It has been 
many years since I was a teen, but Harry's behaviour seemed so 
familiar to me.  He has an awful lot of stress to deal with, and 
speaking for myself, when dealing with stress, I (unfortunately) at 
times, yell at those I love.  :-(  Teenagers have even less control 
than adults, and things can seem so much more overwhelming to them.

I did not get a claustrophobic feeling at all, either.

If Harry dies at the end, it will be very depressing for me.

-Cindy