Who killed Dumbledore? Heroes and Not. / guilt / hero's journey

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No: HPFGUIDX 145176

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "unlikelyauthor"
<unlikely2 at b...> wrote:
> unlikely2: 
> 
> A couple of things come to mind.
> 
> Harry discovering himself to be, even in part, responsible for 
> DD's death might give rise to the 'long dark night of the soul' 
> element of the hero's journey. 

Gerry:

Might wel be, but to me there was already a lot of that in HPB, by
Harry not coming to terms with the part he played in Sirius' death.
Instead he kept on hating Snape. Maybe this next shock will be what is
needed to get him out of that, but I don't see how it will change his
views of Snape because Snape -did- cast the AK. 

I truly hope in the next part Harry will come to terms with his own
role in  the death of Sirius. 
> 
> Book six has been described as 'half a book'. This being so,
> certain elements from the first book seem to me to be being 
> repeated, the 'giant' who arrives to embarrass the Dursleys 
> and tell Harry what he needs to know, for example. The 
> misidentification of Snape as the bad guy could be another. 
> This wasn't really addressed in PS. Perhaps it will be in the 
> last. 

We'll see and we'll have to wait : (. 
> 
> unlikely2
> 
> who wonders if letting go of hatred in order to bring about a 
> necessary alliance with Snape would be the act of a hero?

If Harry stays on hating Snape, this will be very unhealthy for Harry.
 Would it be the act of a hero? I don't know, but it would definitely
be the act of a truly mature person. 
>
Gerry