[HPforGrownups] Re: Outraged Harry ( was: Snape ... Dumbledore's sacrifice)

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 149169


  Tonks:
  Snape has told us that Harry is only a mediocre wizard.  He gets by 
  with "luck" and the help of his more talented friends.  I think that 
  this is true, and I don't think that this will change anytime soon. 
  Yes, I know that he was able to manage a Patronus at a young age, 
  but Harry is no DD.  Harry is going to need some serious HELP.  And 
  I think that he will get that help.  He will get it from Snape, 
  which no one, not even Harry expects.  He will get it from his 
  friends.  He may in someway get it from Sirius on the other side. 
  And Harry may somehow, someway, get help from DD, or at least from 
  Fawkes who will return if DD does not return.

  If children are to identify with Harry, Harry has to be like them.  
  He can not be the superhero.  He is the regular guy who is a nice 
  guy, a good person, doing his best to live up to his potential.  
  Children can see themselves in him.  If he is superman, they will 
  not identify with him.  And I think that JKR wants kids to identify 
  with Harry and learn from and along with Harry.

  kchuplis:

  To me, this has been rather the point all along though. It's the reason DD always has Harry let his best friends in on the info. It's shouted at the school houses. He's told again and again to keep his friends with him. I think the point (or one of) is that you don't have to, and you really can't triumph without help. Community, solidarity, friendship, loyalty, love....all those recurring themes are tied up in this. But Harry is the focus. He's the lynchpin and it can't be done without him either. This is where I see Harry becoming THE leader figure and he will win, but he has to get there with his friends. I don't think I'm nuts thinking this is one of the main "lessons" in the stories, am I?

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