[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's character development

[sunnylove0 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 139158

 
In a message dated 8/30/2005 4:29:43 PM Mountain Standard Time,  
bboyminn at yahoo.com writes:

How can  we expect Harry to do battle with the greatest most powerful
wizard in the  world, Voldemort, when he can't even curse Snape, not
even silently while  Snape's back is turned? 

To some extent, I find it extremely  frustrating that Harry hasn't had
a stronger education in defensive and  offensive dueling. To a very
limited extent I understand Harry's reluctance  to ask for help. He's
young and very independant, plus he doesn't really  trust many people,
and he certainly is NOT prone to running to adults for  help, but he
does desperately need help and help that only adults can give  him. 




I completely agree with you here.  But Voldemort has faced 40 years of  
dueling with the best wizards in the UK. (Dumbledore  especially).  Dueling with 
Voldemort is what he expects. It is the "power  the Dark Lord knows not" that 
Harry must use as his weapon (shades of "A Wrinkle  In Time"). And considering 
Priori Incantatem, the dueling option has been taken  out of the equation 
anyway, especially with Ollivander's disappearance. I think  this is why 
Dumbledore's preparation for Harry is more the a biography and an  emotional 
understanding of his enemy than anything else.  Which, IMO,  he surpasses Dumbledore, by 
pointing out that if Voldemort had had a living  mother to bond with, he might 
have turned out far differently.
 
Amber
who does not admire Merope very much.  When her plans break  down, she breaks 
down. She's a disgrace to Slytherin. Though considering her  abusive 
upbringing, it's horribly understandable.


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