Coming of Age in the Potterverse was Re: Dumbledore as shameless

[sistermagpie at earthlink.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 189010

Pippin:
> There's little point in grieving endlessly about the moral decisions we made
> and feel bad about. It's the ones we *don't* feel bad about that should trouble
> us. Especially the ones that should be fraught and are easy.
> How do we know it was wrong for Harry to use the Unforgivable Curses even though
> he never expresses any regret? Because it was *easy*.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I think what you wrote is really beautiful, I am just not sure if JKR had this mind when she wrote that chapter.

Magpie:
I don't see how it could be. Not only does Harry not wrestle with most of his moral choices and rarely spend much time regretting his actions, wasn't JKR asked about this and didn't she give a fairly dismissive answer about Harry not being a saint and having a temper? Which to me pretty clearly says that of course he cast a bad spell but it's nothing for deep concern. He throws "good" spells just as easily and with just as little regret. I think we're more often encouraged to see Harry as having good instincts when it comes to morals.

I actually agree with the Dumbledore/God analogy here. Because Dumbledore totally does die at the moment you expect Harry to have to go it on his own and then spends the next book more in control than ever.

-m