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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 178753

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "va32h" <va32h at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Zara" <zgirnius@> wrote:
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> > 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. 

Geoff:
Having worked a great deal with 11 year-old boys, I would think it is the 
last sort of thing they would say, even someone with a track record like Harry.

When I read it, I could imagine it being said by a slightly older guy than 
Harry - say a young soldier of 19 or 20 returning from the First World 
War and the horrors of the front somewhere like the Somme or 
Passchendaele.