Harry's character development

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No: HPFGUIDX 139198

"Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> Of course, I can't blame it all on the adults, although it is their
> responsibility; Harry is very lazy about his practice. If it had 
been
> me, I would be researching Dark Arts and Anti-Dark Arts with every
> free minute of time. He could practice dueling with Harry and Ron. 
I
> sure he could even find other member of the D.A. Club, or members 
of
> the Order, who would duel with him. He has a set of Defense Against
> Dark Art Encyclopedias which were given to him at Christmas by 
Sirius
> and Remus. Instead of mucking about with the HBP Advance Potions 
book,
> he would have done much better to study and practice from his 
Defense
> Against Dark Arts book set. 



Would they teach him what he needs to know or what he thinks that he 
needs to know. There are probably hundreds of wizards that could do 
the same thing, Hermione being a prime example, yet there is more to 
fighting Voldemort then throwing out spells.

Harry is already a good dueler. He loses to Snape at the end of HBP 
because Snape is deploying everything he has against Harry...his non-
verbal skills and his Legilimency. In the first DADA lesson Harry 
clearly out draws Snape even though Harry has no warning and Snape 
is using a non-verbal spell. It will be when Harry learns either 
more non-verbal magic or how to block his mind that he will be a 
match for Snape (that day could be coming very soon...Snape is quite 
clearly within Harry's league unlike Voldemort).  
 

> Look at how easily Dumbledore manuvered though the maze of
> enchantments in the cave, would it have killed him to explain to 
Harry
> how he knew some of the things he knew, so that Harry could be
> prepared to face the remaining Horcruxes? Would it have killed
> Dumbledore to answer a few of Harry questions?

Yet J.K. has said that Dumbledore was mainly self-taught. Perhaps he 
takes the view that Harry must learn these things on his own. 
Despite finding Snape's copy of Advanced Potion-Making Harry showed 
no willingness to expand upon it. Rather then find his own way Harry 
stole another's...perhaps Dumbledore is discouraging that?
 
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