[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's Characterization

[Scarah]

No: HPFGUIDX 163481

Steve:
> This is why I keep insisting that we make a strong distinction
> between what is right INTERNAL to the story, and what we
> know is right EXTERNAL to the story.

Sarah:
I definitely see your point, but I'm not sure if even Harry fools
himself that he has hope of reaching a level of brute magical force
anywhere near Voldemort's.  I guess he might, he seemed pretty cocky
at the end of HBP with regard to Snape who he just got done getting
totally owned by.

The thing is, Harry is internally armed with most of the same
information that we have externally.  He knows the contents of the
prophecy, the stuff Dumbledore told him about the locked room and all
that, his experience of destroying the diary (the method to do so just
popped into his head out of the sky), and all of the times he's faced
Voldemort so far and lived to tell the tale.

Externally, we can hope he smells the coffee, instead of trying to
fashion himself into some sort of battle machine (I keep picturing a
Rockyesque montage).  He does have the information to internally glean
this.  If he doesn't figure it out, that path leads to the Dark Arts.
He must think there's something to them, since he's attempted to use
them in the last two books even though it never works.  If he really
takes some time to think about this, maybe he'll internally wise up.

I'm still hoping for some twist on the contents of the locked room,
other than vanilla "love."  Too bad about Bode, since he'd probably be
able to shed some light on it.

Sarah