On the perfection of moral virtues.

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 168765

"Marion Ros" <mros at ...> wrote:

> Has he [Harry], for instance, learned
> that he could be wrong about people
> (Quirrell, Moody, Scabbers, Sirius 

Everyone was wrong about them, even Dumbledore. And based on what we
know up to now it seems that Harry was the ONLY one who was right
about Snape, and from day one. At the end of book 6 ALL the characters
think Harry was right and Snape was a villain, it remains to be seen
if they will still think that at the end of book 7.

> Does he, in fact, *realise* that he is 
> often mistaken about people, situations etc? 

Is Harry error free, no of course not, but he makes far fewer errors
that any other character, including Dumbledore. Harry only made 2 very
serious errors in 6 books. The second worst was in book 5 when he ran
off half cocked to the ministry; but in all fairness to Harry most
would have been fooled by Voldemort's cunning trick. By far the worst
mistake Harry ever made was in book 3 when he stopped Sirius and Lupin
from killing Peter.

But as I said Harry usually gets it right. In HBP Dumbledore was very
surprised that Death Eaters had gotten in, but Harry had warned him
that something like that would happen when they were away finding the
(fake) Horcrux; Harry even pinpointed where the danger was, the Room
Of Requirement, and who was behind it, Draco. So Harry told Dumbledore
when the danger would happen, where it would come from and who was
behind it; but when it did happen just as Harry said it would
Dumbledore was surprised. And if Harry, without Dumbledore's
knowledge, hadn't armed the DA with lucky potion and ordered them to
guard the castle while they were away things would have been much worse. 

> Does Harry ever get advice from friends
> or allies who know more about a subject
> or the WW in general

Yes but more often than not the advice is bad and so Harry wisely
ignores it. 

> Mr Weasley advising that the Marauders Map
> could be dangerous

I don't recall Mr. Weasley saying that about the map, I don't think he
even knew the map existed, but if he did say that then he was wrong. 

> Prof. McGonegal telling him to stay out of 
> the Philosophers Stone business and to let 
> the adults take care of things 

Yet more bad advice. 

> Harry was a judgemental, self-absorded,
> rude eleven-year-old 

Please provide an example from book 1 to back that up.

> Harry is a judgemental, self-absorded,
> rude sixteen-year-old. 

All I can say is that Harry was braver, kinder, more generous, and
more polite than I was at 11, or 16, or now. 

  Eggplant