Sportsmanship in Harry Potter

[Joe Goodwin]

No: HPFGUIDX 151776


Magpie:
No, to say that Harry loses it to say that Harry never loses.  
Nobody's missed that Harry knows about the help he's gotten.  
Whether or not Harry ever gloats has nothing to do with noticing 
that the author never writes a competition where Harry tries and 
fails.  He's a great guy--and he also has the most points as long a 
he's physically present and awake.  Sometimes he temporarily thinks 
his team might have lost or he might have lost before he wins.  Just 
thinking about this off the top of my head every time I think of a 
situation where Harry seems to come out the loser, he later isn't.

Joe:
 Wasn't Gryffindor already losing the match in HBP where Ron isn't playing and Harry joins him in the hospital wing? If I remember right they were already losing badly. You can say is was the replacement Keepers fault but the whole team stuffed that one up. So yeah Harry has lost at something.
   
  I would also point out that there are some great sports players who are so good they really don't lose at many things. A game here and there yes but they are always in the chase at the end. 
   
  The whole getting extra points thing is a non-issue in terms of a competition. None of the other combatants or their head masters did anything like a formal challenge that we know of. So then we must assume that adding points is provided for in the framework of the rules. Now if you saying that JKR shouldn't have done it in terms of storyline then that is another thing all together.
   
  We also have no idea how much outside assistance Digory, Krum and Fluer had. My own opinion is that the Karkaroff might well have killed to get Krum that cup.
   
  Joe












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