Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger)

[AyanEva]

No: HPFGUIDX 122025


Jocelyn said:
>> I was thinking last night about a particular incident while I was at 
school that seems a bit pertinent.  I look back on it as one of those 
leaps we make into maturity.  I was in year 10 - say around15?

<snip>

I looked at her and fully understood in that instant that there was no 
point getting angry or trying to explain further.  She was either 
incapable or unwilling to understand.  I suddenly felt a wave of cold 
fury run over me and I took a calming breath before I said levelly, 
"Then you will have to accept it as an explanation", snapped my mouth 
closed, turned and walked to my desk.

That was the first time I ever related to a teacher as an adult.  
Suddenly the playing field was level, and I no longer deferred, feared 
or prevaricated.  She was an idiot and in that moment she had no power 
over me.  The feeling didn't last, but I have never forgotten it.  It 
was a coming-of-of-age moment.

I wonder if Harry could have been having that sort of moment. <<


AyanEva responds:

I'm glad you posted that! If this is the case, I can't wait to see
what happens next b/w Harry and Snape. This could be really
interesting; I hope your idea is correct. JKR could be setting up for
two things:

1) Some sort of understanding b/w Harry and Snape, initiated by Harry
having a similar experience to the one that you described. Now, we
just need Snape to realize that he has no power over Harry anymore.
Once he does that, I think maybe they can manage to call a temporary
truce. I'm wondering if that's not what happened when we read of
Snape's reaction to Harry's response. 

2) Snape refuses to get a clue and this causes trouble later on.

For the record, I'm not saying I think my proposed theory is actually
correct, I just think it's an interesting possibility. But I love
yours too, it's much more simple and still has fascinating possibilities.


Pippin wrote:

<snip a great post>

>> At some level he knows it's not rational, still, he's not cool when
he says, "I'm trying to decide what curse to use on Malfoy, sir."
The adverb Rowling applies is "fiercely." He's still angry when he
goes to talk to Hagrid, and doesn't really settle down until he's
had a good cry by the lake. <<

AyanEva responds:

Oooh. I missed that word, "fiercely." And conveyed that whole idea so
much better than I; see that's why I was afraid to post! j/k So, my
next question: What do you think will happen when Harry comes to terms
that it was, IMO, mostly his fault that Sirius died? Or will he come
to terms w/ it? I keep thinking that Harry's anger towards Snape is
going to get in the way at some really crucial moment and screw up a
lot of things.

This idea is too short for a whole new post, so I'll just throw it in
here. It seems to be that in book 5, we see what happens when Harry is
put in charge and left to face a problem on his own. He didn't fair to
well, despite having Ron and Hermione. This concerns me, he mangled
the situation. How is he going to be ready to face Voldie by book 7?!

And no, I'm not trying to incite the Harry fans! ;-) I really am
curious about his performance in TOTP.

AyanEva