Harry's arrogance (was Evil Snape)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 154293

Nikkalmati:
(*snip)*
> > Arguably, the situation has changed, since he last
> > spoke with  DD!

Amiable Dorsai:
> What's changed?  Gotta search canon, see if I can find it.  Ah,here 
it is:
> "And with the death of Albus Dumbledore came a gentle rain that washed
> all of the Voldemort sympathizers from the Ministry...
> From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince--Rose Colored Glasses
> Edition"

Ceridwen:
What has changed is that Harry&Co no longer have a trusted adult, who 
knows more (much! more in the case of DD) about the WW than they do, 
someone who has more experience with spells, jinxes and hexes, someone 
with more knowledge as well as much more wisdom.  True, no one is quite 
like Dumbledore!  But there are all ranges of wisdom, knowledge and 
experience between the trio just starting out in life, and Dumbledore's 
high level.

I'm starting to wonder if part of Harry's journey is to learn how to 
trust other people.  As has been mentioned at least twice, what can be 
seen as Harry's arrogance, thinking that the entire world depends on 
only him to save it (MoM/Sirius, Gauntlet/Sorcer's Stone, etc.) is 
understandable since he has been raised by the Dursleys who have left 
him pretty much to depend on himself, and have even placed him in the 
role of servant, giving him more household responsibilities than people 
normally do with their kids today.  He has had to rely only on himself, 
and has not been taught to trust in others to help.

Learning to trust in himself is a story for another boy, I think.  
Harry already does that, to the point that he does come off as arrogant 
in certain situations.  Understandable, absolutely.  But he must learn 
how to trust, and if he is ever going to be an effective leader, he 
must learn how to trust enough to delegate duties.  For instance, I 
don't think making Harry leader of the OotP would work out well because 
he simply doesn't know how to delegate, he doesn't know how to evaluate 
who would be best in a situation because he has always had to think 
that he was the best because he was the only one who would.  So, I 
think that part of the journey in book 7 will be Harry needing to break 
this vow to a man who is now dead, which was made while that man was 
still alive and available to help him.  This could be one of those 
twists that sets a genre on its head that has been mentioned - the 
hero, instead of having to learn how  to depend on himself, must learn 
how to rely on others.

Ceridwen.