"Some won't like it"

fanofminerva drjuliehoward at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 1 16:57:19 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 129843

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> Frankly I do not understand the people who didn't like Harry in the 
> OOP book. And I am shocked by that, in fact. My god, the kid has 
> been though more than most adults in a lifetime. What do people want 
> to see him do instead?  Take drugs, kill himself or something?  He 
> is angry, good!  He has, as I have said before, PTSD and I would not 
> think that JKR was any good as a writer if Harry didn't show some 
> signs of that after everything that happened in the graveyard. 
> 
<SNIP>

(Julie -- being brought to the keyboard by the use of a mental health 
diagnosis).  I find it interesting that you have said Harry is PTSD.  
Aside from his being subjected to life-threatening situations and 
seeing someone else killed, how do you see Harry fitting the 
criteria?  

Julie






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