"Some won't like it".

madorganization alishak at spu.edu
Thu Jun 2 16:47:56 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 129907


>Eggplant: 
> I think you are referring to the time when Harry finds out that 
> Ron has been made a prefect and he Harry has not. Harry thinks 
> (quite correctly) that he has done more and suffered more and 
> is more capable than Ron, or more than anyone for that matter; 
<snip> 


Alisha:
Actually, I was just starting book 5 again last night when I came 
across the first incident of this feeling of entitlement.  When 
Harry is moping about not getting all the information he'd like 
from his friends (even though, as they have repeatedly explained, 
it would be a security risk for them to tell him anything), he doesn't reason that he has as much right as Ron and Hermione to 
know what's going on.  He thinks he has more.  Again, I don't have 
my book with me, but there's a lot of "wasn't it him who..." 
thinking going on.  /He's/ the one who did this.../he's/ faced 
more than either of them...Voldemort killed /his/ parents.  This 
is the attitude in Harry that I, personally, resent.








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