Harry and GOF challenges

[Jennifer Nielsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 125350


Sorry if this has been discussed before.  I had a thought earlier which I¹m
mulling around.

One of the constant themes of the HP stories is that Harry, for whatever
reason, has a unique or unusual experience with an animal/object/person that
he later uses to his advantage when faced with a bigger problem.  Without
that earlier experience, he¹d have been outgunned even more than usual.

For example, in PS/SS, as a punishment, Harry is taken to the forest (always
seemed like a particularly harsh punishment to me, considering DD¹s warning
at the beginning of term, but oh well).  If he hadn¹t have been there, he
wouldn¹t have met Firenze, and created a relationship that paid off for him
in OOTP.  

In POA, Hagrid chooses Harry to ride Buckbeak, an experience none of the
other students get.  He later uses that to save Sirius.  And so on...

So I was thinking about the GOF challenges.  I think there¹s a good
possibility his experience with the dragons or the mermaids is going to
become useful to him in the remaining two books.  I wonder if Harry will use
either the skills of battling dragons and merpeople or use the dragons and
merpeople themselves to save the WW.

Any thoughts?

Jen

 




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