Harry the 'gradual' General -Redux

[eggplant107]

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"Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

> I see Harry gradually falling into 
> the role of de-facto general. I don't
> see him stepping forward and actively
> and intentionally taking on the role. 

Yes I agree, and that's one reason he will be a good leader, the only
ones who can be trusted with great power are those who don't want it.
The other reason is that Harry seems to make his best decisions when
the stakes are highest and he has the least time to think about it,
precisely the qualities a good General needs. In book 4 right after
the Dark Mark appears at the Quidditch World Cup Harry hears a slight
noise from the woods and immediately hits the deck pulling Hermione
and Ron with him just an instant before spells start flying inches
over their heads. In a fraction of a second Harry figured out that the
Dark Mark must have been cast from right around here, and that will
attract the attention of the security forces, and they must be the
ones who made the noise, and they are a millisecond from flooding the
area with every spell they can think of, it's time to duck. Also in
book 4 when the deranged Barty Crouch Senior appears, Victor Crumb,
although an international Quidditch star and several years older than
Harry, is in a panic and turns to Harry to tell him what to do.
Although he probably wouldn't admit it to anyone, not even himself,
I'll bet Crumb was thinking "We're in a emergency situation now, Harry
is very good at keeping his cool at times like this, so I'll let him
handle it."  

> I don't see him standing on a hilltop, 
> hands on his hips, ordering soldiers 
> on the battle field. 

Agreed. I think Harry will do what no General since Alexander the
Great has done, lead from the front.

And by the way Steve, I thought your post was first rate.

Eggplant