Harry's character development

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 139486

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> 
wrote:

CathyD:
> Oh, I so agree with you Magda.  
> 
> There's one point in HBP that Dumbledore tells Harry that Riddle 
found out more of the magic within the castle than any other student 
(something like that, sorry my book isn't handy).  I thought, well, 
certainly more than Harry who's found out nothing.  Yes, he got into 
the CoS but that wasn't done on his own.  Dobby told him about the 
Room of Requirement.  Fred and George handed him the Marauders' Map 
and told him how to use it or he'd never have found any of the 
secret passages out of the school.  
> 
> I have days when I'm surprised the kid can find his way to the 
Quidditch pitch without signposts.  Well, no, maybe not the 
Quidditch pitch .... 

Geoff:
I hate to say it but that seems a rather patronising remark....

Young people can often take an interest in matters without 
broadcasting the fact to the world; I remember as a teenager having 
my own particular enthusiasms and not revealing them to adults 
because they wouldn't be interested or might ridicule them.

Taking the COS as an example of Harry's actions, OK, Hermione worked 
out it was a basilisk and Aragog mentioned the kililng in the 
bathroom but Harry put all the information together and actually 
opened the entrance. Harry also spotted Peter Pettigrew on the map - 
and told Lupin.

Give credit where it's due. Even heroes work in partnerships. where 
would Frodo have got to without the Fellowship and, later, Sam?