What very Bad Thing Does Harry Do in HBP?

dumbledore11214 dumbledore11214 at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 31 04:10:49 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 123512


Vivamus:
Please excuse me if this is incorrect, but I think someone in here 
posted a recent quote from JKR, to the effect that Harry does 
something very bad in book six. 


Sherry now:
 
I haven't read this, but if it is true, it would seem to be a kind 
of stale plot device now.  After all, Harry already feels guilty for 
Cedric and Sirius.  Whether or not we the readers believe he is 
guilty--which I certainly do not--he thinks he is.  How many 
innocent lives can one teenage boy feel responsibility for losing?  
That would be too much to bare without cracking up, I'd think.  
Besides, guilty Harry is getting a little boring. I want to shake 
him already and say, come on, kid, lay the guilt where it
belongs, with Voldemort.  But that's not how he's made.  



Alla:

Oh, yes. I'd say if Jo will throw a little bit more gult on Harry, I 
will be even more suprised if he won't go crazy.
He will have enough to deal with over his guilt in Sirius' death, I 
think.

Nevertheless, it is certainly possible. We can have dead Dumbledore, 
Snape, Ron, Hermione,etc and Harry feeling guilty over any one of 
those deaths. I think that feeling guilt where guilt is really with 
Voldemort and his minions is an essential part of Harry's character.

Vivamus, I haven't read it either. Could you provide the link, 
please?

JMO,

Alla








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