Harry's Characterization

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 163496


> bboyminn:
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> I have already acknowledged that it will not be Harry's
> dueling skills that matter /in the end/, but we are not
> /in the end/, we are, in a sense, at the beginning. 
> 
> Also, remember that Dueling is only one of the many 
> magical skills that Harry needs to win the day. He also
> needs to find, gather, and destroy the Horcruxes and 
> he is thoroughly UNequiped to do so. He needs magical
> detections skills, he needs curse breaking skills, and
> it is going to take time to learn those. 

Pippin:
Well, that would make a rather dull book, IMO. We're
well into the  climax of the series, and the time for charging 
through the swamp with his mentor in a backpack is past. 
So it's a good thing Harry *doesn't* 
have to learn all that stuff, IMO. Already he knows, that
which he needs -- or his friends do.:)

I imagine JKR can wring a chapter or two out of
Harry angsting about his ignorance. But  Bill already knows 
cursebreaking. Fred and George can probably  come up with
magical detection gadgets -- they managed to get the
map working, after all. Harry doesn't have to tell anyone
what it's all about, just that it will help him against Voldie.

Harry's already made his way through a number of magical
obstacle courses.  He's already destroyed one horcrux without 
any harm to himself. That could be one of his special abilities,
though if I were Harry I wouldn't want to bet my life on it.
Still, the horcruxes don't have to be destroyed as soon
as they're found. Grab 'em all, *then* chuck 'em through 
the veil, for example.  

 I agree with you that Harry has gotten serious and that
he will mature immensely. But it's crunch time -- any
further growth will come as an epiphany, not a slow
maturation of skills.

Pippin