Dirty Harry / 'Good' Harry

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 116809


I, Del, wrote :
" I don't know. Look at many of the kids : Ron, Hermione, Neville,
Ginny, Luna, and some others. They don't seem to have a strong dark
side either."

Alla answered :
" Oh, are you saying that Harry is Darker than any of those kids? "

Del replies :
No I'm not. I'm just saying that all those kids seem to be as innately
good as Harry. 

Alla wrote :
" Definite disagreement on my part as to Ron and Hermione, since we 
know them quite well (Ron's abandoning Harry in GoF to me is
basolutely the same or worse than Harry shouting at him in OOP, etc.)"

Del replies :
Maybe. I personally couldn't compare the two, as they are very
different instances. But I agree that they could be on a par. However,
I fail to see how this makes Ron any darker than Harry ??

Alla wrote :
"others are second characters, therefore Rowling did not dive into 
them too deeply yet."

Del replies :
Agreed. But what she does show us doesn't indicate any dark side in
any of them (which is impossible in itself, I know). So saying that
Harry's dark side is weaker than theirs is a bit of speculation IMO.

Harry is a very good kid. I'm just saying he's not the only one.
That's all.

Del