On lying and cheating/ Harry's thoughts processes in HBP

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 165406

> >>Alla:
> Oh, I totally see that Harry that Valky describes, absolutely. Now 
> granted he worries about other things well, but I guess I would 
> totally put his thoughts about Prophecy and his mission as         
> occupying him a lot.
> <major snip>
> Harry sounds plenty angsty here to me, and this seems to me as one 
> of the important points in the book, which again does not say to me 
> that cheating is right or something, just that academics may indeed 
> not be the most important thing on Harry's mind, that's all.

Betsy Hp:
To be finicky, I wouldn't call him angsty in that scene I snipped, 
more resolved.  But while I'm not saying Harry in HBP is *not* 
thinking about taking down Voldemort, I do take issue with the idea 
that this is *all* Harry thinks about, that *everything* else falls 
by the way side.  Because it doesn't.  Harry doesn't resent being 
captain of the quidditch team.  He doesn't resent the classes he's 
taking.

A big reason for this is because Harry knows Dumbledore is on the 
case.  As far as Harry is concerned he's got a big burden, but 
Dumbledore is there to help him.  So Harry is still able to go to 
school, while *Dumbledore* flits about neglecting his normal duties.

The end of HBP changes everything of course.  But we're talking about 
behavior *before* Dumbledore's death.

Betsy Hp