Is Harry arrogant?

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 123593



> > Aisbelmon at h... said:
> > Harry purposefully takes on bigger and more advanced scary foes 
than he should be able to handle, he doesn't think twice about that 
they might be too much for him to handle, so hence he has a faint 
sense of arrogance about him, like a soldier - a bulletproof 
mentality.
> 
> Janet Anderson:
> > I would say this was an advanced example of the famous 
Gryffindor  courage. Possibly combined with the teenage feeling of 
immortality.  And also, even when it occurs to him that he might (or 
probably will) lose, he  maintains that he has to try to at least do 
*something* rather than run away, pretend nothing's wrong (like 
Fudge) or surrender to the other side (like Peter Pettigrew). 
Remember when he told Ron and Hermione that he might die fighting 
Voldemort over the Sorcerer's Stone or hiding in Privet Drive, but 
> > either way he would never go over to the Dark Side?
> 
> Geoff:
> I am inclined to agree with much of what Janet says. Looking back 
on my own teenage years (allowing for a foggy Pensieve!), certainly 
> teenage boys have a feeling of immortality. We are becoming our 
own boss, we are physically almost fully grown, the world is before 
us, no ties, no major responsibilites. Accidents, disappointments, 
deaths are things which happen to other people and, of course, we 
are going to be great - we are going to change the world.
> 
> Harry arrogant? Nope. Just normal.
> 
> Coming down to earth is a process which takes over later......

Valky:
I do agree with you both about Gryffindor courage and teenage boys, 
but not about Harry. 
Let me just point out that Harry was 11 when he marched himself into 
battle with his first full grown wizard foe. I'm not just talking 
about OOtP here, while Harry was already thinking, before he knew 
*anything* about *anything*, that he should save the day, while his 
classmates like Neville, Ron and Draco, were actively avoiding the 
grown up thoughts Harry was having, like duty and self sacrifice.
Now Ron and Neville showed when it came to the crunch that each 
possessed one of these virtues, but it is Harry who had them both in 
spades *all year*. And that is *just a little* extraordinary.