[HPforGrownups] Re: second task points

[Kim]

No: HPFGUIDX 152024

Hickengruendler:
IMO, this indicates that the judges marked the same way they did 
after the first task, namely that everyone gave their points and in 
the end the points were just added together. Based on Bagman's words 
and gestures I assume that Dumbledore, Bagman, Percy and Madame 
Maxime all gave Harry 10 points and Karkaroff gave 5. Which means 
that if it weren't for Karkaroff, Harry would have gotten full marks. 
Seeing that even the morally ambigous characters Percy and Bagman 
agreed with this (even though Bagman had ulterior motives), and only 
evil Karkaroff didn't want to give him full marks, I assume that it 
is JKR's opinion, that he deserved the full marks for his decision. I 
think it is very arguable, if he deserved it, because I still 
consider it very stupid, that he honestly thought the judges would 
let the hostages die like that.  

Kim (me):
It may have been very stupid but from my point of view, things routinely don't work out like they should in Harry's life.  Even when he's asked to leave it to the adults he can't.  Reference Professor McGonnegal when the trio told her that they believed someone was going to steal the Sorcerer's Stone, and Professor Lockheart when he bragged that he could stop the basilisk.  So far in his experience at Hogwarts the adults have royally messed things up and only Harry and his friends saved the day (not the mention the world).  So I think that not only by virtue of being 14 when everything in life is an emergency but by the very nature of his experiences so far in his life, Harry had every reason to fear that the hostages would not be safe if he didn't intervene.  He's already learned that the only one he can trust is his friends and himself.  

Kim

 
 






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