DD and Harry in Book VI, what you do and don't want to see

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No: HPFGUIDX 123540


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> 
> I DON'T find it realistic in the slightest ( and yes, I know that 
> this is the book about magic, I am only speaking about Harry 
> emotional development) that after all that Harry had been through 
he 
> will be concerned about saving the world.
> 
> After OOP he has SO MANY issues to work through starting with 
> Sirius' death. I disagree that WW well being would be the first 
> thing on his mind.
> 
> Am I confusing , Susan? If those were the books NOT in the fantasy 
> genre, I would say that I expect years for Harry to come to more or 
> less normal emotional state.
> 

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According to your way of thinking, it doesn't make sense for Harry to 
have done any of things he has done so far. Orphaned as a baby, 
raised by the Dursleys - why did Harry care enough to risk his life 
in order to protect the Philosophers Stone? He was treated by most of 
the school as a dangerous criminal during most of CoS - where did he 
get the emotional resources to care enough to risk his life to save 
Ginny? And so on. 

We see, after Sirius' death, a very poignant moment that Harry has 
with Luna. For the first time, he has an adult conception of what it 
is to be somebody else - he feels true compassion, clearly seeing her 
beyond her weirdness and nerdiness. Realistic or not, the pain Harry 
feels over the loss of Sirius made him more compassionate. Since the 
WW is made of *people* who would suffer terribly if Voldemort takes 
over, Harry will feel the need to stop Voldemort even more urgently 
now. 

My personal view is that Harry will feel that he has lost the way, 
but that due to insecurity and guilt, not because he won't be able to 
care.


Naama