Harry the Plaster Saint (was:Re: The Message of DH - Moral Superiority)

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No: HPFGUIDX 174764

> >>Steve (bboyminn): "And to further make the point that Harry's    
> > morality is in his actions, all of his actions, not a single     
> > isolated event. Extending that even further, morality is in his   
> > action, NOT in moralizing and sermonizing and preaching to the   
> > choir."

> >>Jim Ferer 
> Amen, brother. Enough of the talking class. And the series shows in
> its entirety that the good guys aren't plaster saints, either. Good
> guys get something done.

Betsy Hp:
The odd thing, IMO, is that I *totally* see the good guys in this 
series as plaster saints.  Especially Harry.  Even his so-called "bad 
behavior" is like sexy-bad.  It's the smear of dirt on his cheek, the 
just so wind-blown hair to let us know he's a real boy, not a little 
sissy kid.  It's not like he's done anything he has to sit around and 
ponder and think, boy I *really* screwed that one up.  (Of course, 
thinking isn't really one of Harry's skills. <g>)

And honestly, this entire book was watching Harry *not* get anything 
done.  Seriously, he just barely tripped over the right rake and 
landed in a pile of win.  It's not like he had to be clever (thank 
goodness, because again, a very stupid boy we're dealing with here) 
or anything.  It was luck that got him the Elder Wand, so it's by 
luck that he won. (Oh, and Voldemort's incredibly over the top 
stupidity.  Hm, seems to be a rash of it in this last book.)

Betsy Hp