[HPforGrownups] Re: What JKR Finds Important - Harry's Anger

[kim reynolds]

No: HPFGUIDX 116126


Alla wrote :
>I am not saying mind you that yelling is my favourite form of communication :)

>But once in a blue moon, especially if my friend is in distress, I see nothing wrong with it."<<

Del replied:
>Well, I don't really see anything wrong with it either, except when people obviously abuse it or enjoy it, which Harry wasn't doing. I know that Harry's reaction is a normal one, that many teenagers react that way, and that it was in fact healthy for him to yell and vent. I
know that, but I can't deal with it. I can't take it.

>As I said many times already, this is *my* problem, but it is a big one. I actively avoid people who get too easily angry in RL, so having to put up with Angry!Harry was (and still is) a real ordeal. But JKR writes her story, not mine :-)<<

Kim adds: 

Does anyone else think that Harry may be suffering in part from delayed PTSD, in addition to the recent kicking in of teenage angst and hormones?  That is, if wizards can suffer from PTSD...

Even with the mood swings and yelling, I see Harry as an incredibly resilient and fair-minded character when all is said and done.  His situation broke my heart, from the time I read the first book to the finish of OotP.  If someone told me of a child in RL that had undergone what Harry had and was then still expected to summon the fortitude to go on and fight the murderer of his parents again, I'd be floored.   When I told my aunt his story (she's not into reading the books, but was interested in hearing my synopsis of them) she was nearly in tears.  Then again, my family could be characterized as a just a tad over-emotional :-)

Kim

 
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