Harry and the Law

[Najwa]

No: HPFGUIDX 151212


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>   kchuplis:
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>   Forgive me but.....these are my all time favorite posts. I just
have to tell you as entertaining, exasperating, overly analytical and
brilliant other posters may be, it is a post like this that makes my
day. I have to agree, Harry did NOT get nasty until nasty was directed
at him. I do admit that Petrificus totalus would perhaps have been a
better choice, but may have only held off the inevitable because I
don't think that Draco wanted Harry to EV-VER be able to recount that
he was seen crying to A-NYbody. So, rather than have umpteen other
confrontations of the two, JKR cut to the chase, gave Draco another
reason to take Harry seriously as well as hate him, showed us what the
sectumsempra curse did, showed us that Harry IS a conscionable person
by obeying Snape's orders and being appalled by what he had done, even
though it was his almost worst enemy and gave Harry even more reason
to get sick of Snape before The Awful End. 

Najwa: 
I agree. Harry was being cautious and knew Malfoy was up to something,
so naturally he wanted to keep an eye on things, and all he did was
walk into the bathroom and found malfoy crying. Be didn't laugh, he
didn't sneer, he did nothing but stand there,and an embarrassed Malfoy
started attacking. There is a difference between a stalker than a sort
of defender. For instance, in schools there are security guards sadly
enough who patrol the halls to make sure all is well. I am sure if a
particularly troublesome student seemed up to something the security
guards would naturally want to pay special attention to them to
maintain safety and order. That is what Harry's job is pretty much. It
is an unsaid job, but it is his job as the Boy Who Lived and the
Chosen One. Why else would Dumbledore entrust  him with the
invisibility cloak and allow Professor Lupin to return the Marauder's
Map to him? I highly doubt they thought he'd merely keep them as
keepsakes. As for sectumsempra, he had no clue what the effects would
be. He made HBP a hero in his mind's eye. He constantly stood up for
HBP even after the incident, claiming that it might be soemthing that
was used against him and that's why he had it in his book. So it was
unintentional that he used such a horrible spell, but it was a way for
him to get a clue to watch out from this HBP and to clue us in as
well. We know he felt horrible after the incident, and was no where
near happy with the outcome.