Harry had to fail

[Julie Rice]

No: HPFGUIDX 130769

There's been a lot of talk about how people didn't
like Harry in OOTP.  I won't snip because there are
too many of you.  I'm included in that.  There's also
a lot of talk about Dumbledore's motivation and
Sirius' depression and actions.  I'd like to make the
hypothesis that all these things had to happen so that
Harry could fail.

JKR had to have Harry fail in Book 5 so that the
series was more realistic.  (Yeah, I just used Harry
Potter and realistic in the same sentence.)  Think
about it.  Harry is 15 and already, with some help, he
has defeated a troll, quirrelmort, 16 year old Tom
Riddle, a basilisk, dementors, a dragon, newly born
Voldemort.  I'm sure there's others I'm missing.  Yes,
he had some luck and some help, but he's been
successful in everything he's tried.

He had to fail in book 5 so that we as readers would
actually wonder if he will make it at the end of book
7.  If he did just fine in book 5 and book 6, there's
no way he could fail in book 7.  I guess he could, but
we would all hate the series because "it's all about
the ending" (a quote from a recent Johnny depp movie).
 

Harry needed to fail so that he can grow in book 6.  I
like this from Ellydan:

Enter Harry having a book to find inner strength and
true heroism within himself and not from one of his
greatest outside sources --Dumbledore, his great
father-figure/mentor.

And then he can be humble and teachable enough to
triumph in book 7.

I personally didn't like the angst!Harry in book 5,
but figure that after he is able to come to terms with
Sirius' death, he will be able to mature and focus on
the task at hand.

I could understand where Sirius and Dumbledore were
coming from although I may not have agreed with their
actions.  And all of that put together led to the MOM
show down.  Where as I said before, Harry had to fail.

I hope I was able to convey my thoughts on the matter.

Julie
Ohio




		
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