What JKR Finds Important

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> Del wrote:
>
> Harry is indeed representative of many kids. But he is not the
> absolute model. His example can be useful to many kids, but let's 
not
> make generalisations, shall we ?

kmc adds:
Here is my take on the "emotions" of the trio:
Ron was emotional in GOF, Harry in OOTP, Hermione in POA.

Emotions are a part of teenage life.  Each year in my youth group, we 
deal with long time friends having major emotional blowups, (ages 
late 14 - early 16).  This is a basic fact of growing up and has to 
do with hormones going out of control.

Elves and others - Real life support of my theory:
A 16 year old youth, a 20 year old Jr. advisor and I were discussing 
OOTP and Harry's emotional outbreaks while cleaning up the kitchen 
after a youth event last Saturday.  I made the comment "Harry's 
fifteen, what did you expect" when the 16 year old replied "I wasn't 
emotional last year".  At which point the 20 year old broke out 
laughing with a "Yes you were".  We moved on to discussing some of 
the past events of the group that were caused by 15 year old emotions 
and compared them to the incidents in POA, GOF, and OOTP.

Ron and Hermione have many emotional battles in POA and GOF with 
Harry on the observing side.  One of the reason the trio has stayed 
together is that they went through this period at different times in 
their lives.

Both Harry and Hermione had extra stress during their emotional 
times.  Hermione was living a 27 to 30 hour each school day during 
POA and Harry was suffering from sleep depravation during OOTP.

It is the fact that Harry lost control that makes OOTP one of my 
favorite HP books.  It is so true to the life of a teenager.

kmc