Chapter Discussion: Chapter Fourteen, Goblet of Fire: The Unforgivable Curses

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 192210

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

Geoff: 
> > I think that the interaction in Gryffindor was much more multi-layered than 
> > the perhaps two-level situation you see. Perhaps this is a gender thing for I 
> > see it a lot in male groups.
 
> Annemehr:
> Perhaps it is a gender thing.  I am very much an introvert (like, presumably, Harry), but I still talk to my acquaintances when we are thrown together, even when my closer friends are there too.  Harry really only seems to speak when spoken to!
 
But if the dynamic feels normal to you, I suppose I'll take your word for it. :)

Geoff:
Like Harry - and you - I am something of a natural introvert, although teaching 
at secondary school level for 30+ years did bring about some changes (!). I have 
often said in past messages that I can see myself in my teenage years as acting 
in a very similar fashion to Harry and find it easy to follow his reactions.