On the Issue of "Boys will be Boys" Chapt 14 Disc

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190079

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, June Ewing <doctorwhofan02 at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Shelley now:
> > <snip> There is one thing about Lupin's lecture to Harry that I
> find disturbing- it's that everyone of power and position expects
> Harry to make the wise and correct decisions without full
> information. ... <snip>
> 
> 
> June:
> Funny Shelley that you should point all this out because I have
> often felt that way when reading the books. ...
> Why should I not go there when everyone else is? It is human
> nature to want and need answers. I always thought everyone in all
> the books should have told Harry more long before they did but I
> guess that if they had then we would have been told too much too
> soon. ...
>


Steve:

But in all honesty, isn't it also human nature to NOT explain things to kids? To simply expect them to obey without explanation?

The answer to a kid's "Why?" is very frequently "Because I said so."

I do agree Harry should have been told more and sooner, but at the same time, I think the adults treated him the way most adults always treat kids. 

And much like a typical Kids, Harry complains that no one ever bothers to tell him anything. Just obey, and don't tax your tiny little brain. He feels the same frustration that real kids feel when adults unwisely keep them out of the loop. 

Again, this conflict between the nature of adults and the nature of kids make Harry very endearing, because his frustration is a frustration we've all felt as kids.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn