[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape's death scene

[Christine Maupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 174205

K:
>What bothers me so much about this series, especially the last book,
>is the portrayal of Harry being so dang perfect. Almost every other
>character has to have some flaw or fail in some way except for dear
>Harry. Because of JKR's overdone-Hero! Harry-coming- to-the-rescue,
>usually in front of a crowd, btw, I found Harry slipping down my
>'favorite' list with each book.



Harry, perfect?  The Harry who can tell a fib as well as any kid/teenager in an effort to keep himself out of trouble?  The Harry who, like many students, leaves his homework until the last minute and then does a half-*&^ job of it?  The Harry who can manipulate people pretty well when he wants to.  The Harry who waited until the last minute to work out the clue hidden inside the egg during the TriWizard Tournament?  The Harry who bluntly violated Snape's privacy by looking into the pensieve, failed to learn a skill (Occlumency) that all the adults in his life (including those he trusted, i.e., Dumbledore, Black, and Lupin) urged him to learn, and whose failure led to a monumental mistake that in turn led to the death of his godfather?  The Harry who used an unknown spell (Sectumsempra) on a fellow student (Draco) that almost resulted in that student bleeding to death and then lied about where he found the spell?  The Harry who used the Cruciatus curse?  (Those are the
 examples I can come up with off the top of my head.)

In ways large and small, Harry proves over and over again that he is not perfect.  He is very much a flawed character.

Christy, who wonders if you made that comment only to see how people would react :-)