Elder Wand (was: Harry's bed (was Re: A sandwich))

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 178719

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Zara" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:

> Cheesy is in the eye of the beholder; I would not presume to argue 
> that. I could also not say whether or not the 'voice' seems like 
> Harry's natural one, though in my view such a short snippet cannot be 
> too far off.
> 
> Where I feel I can disagree with your opinion is the seeming suggestion 
> that the sentiment expressed is not one Harry sincerely holds. From 
> Book 1, Harry has been depicted as a reluctant hero. He doesn't want 
> the Stone for himself, he realizes what it would mean for him, his 
> friends, and their families if Voldemort got the Stone. He has no 
> desire to be in the Triwizard Tournament. At the end of HBP he thinks 
> of the necessity of confronting Voldemort as a "nightmare". So yes, he 
> has seen a lot of trouble, and yes, he does not want any more.
>

va32h:

I have been thinking about this, and it occurs to me that I probably
would have had no problem with that line in PS.  It sounds like
something 11 year old Harry would say...and even at 11 Harry has had
more trouble than most people have had in a lifetime. 

I guess I was expecting something *more* from 17 year old Harry who
had seen and survived a lot worse than Fluffy, Devil's Snare, a giant
chess set and Voldemort out the back of Quirrell's head. 

va32h