Hopes for Harry (was Re: Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter

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 "omegafold"  wrote:
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>  One thing does disappoint me about Harry. He never seems to evolve, he just grows up slowly and aside from trite incursions, he lacks any true planning genius and ends up needing rescue from friends. It's getting repetitive and predictable.
> omegafold

Potioncat:
I don't think you're alone in this; someone else has said the same thing in a slightly different way---Severus Snape.

He feels Harry is merely ordinary,  who succeeds entirely because of incredible good luck and the support of friends. Snape himself comes from a generation of extraordinary wizards/witches. At Harry's age he was inventing spells and counterspells; the Marauders were inventing magical devises and teaching themselves to be animagi--Snape wouldn't know that, but McGonagall commented on how tallented young Potter and Black were. Young Barty Crouch also seemed to be very tallented.

I don't agree with your hopes for Harry, partly because I think JKR purposely made him Everyman (is that Geoff's term?)--he doesn't succeed because of great skill but because of his great character.

I do however understand your disapointment in a character's arc. I think many of us had particular characters that we wanted to see do certain things or have a certain outcome, who did not. One thing I would have liked to see was for Snape to survive. In my case, I think JKR's version is better, even if I still regret it.

I took the liberty of adding a different subject to this thread.