tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503236164406200711.post6233808858257115303..comments2023-10-28T09:10:11.749-04:00Comments on To define is to limit.: i think too muchSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04020549348509508380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503236164406200711.post-26838026588455637602013-02-25T15:08:29.396-05:002013-02-25T15:08:29.396-05:00that's what i was trying to explain to him in ...that's what i was trying to explain to him in the beginning, but the more i talked about it, the less cool it sounded. <br /><br />harry in the later books is brave and noble and and not power/fame hungry at all. i completely agree with that and think later book harry is completely crushable. i just don't think that it was always there so much that he grew to be that kind of young man. i think that when he was little he was stupid and filled with this sense that he was supposed to fix everything and he was singled out to do all of these things alone when really, he was just a kid. also, he never had any adults to trust growing up and that showed in the way he acted through the first few books. and then when he found adults to trust he didn't want to seem weak or too nervous and childish to actually ask for their help with anything. and then those adults start dying and he kind of realizes that while he thought he was doing everything alone he was still relying on others and he grows up and becomes the harry of the seventh book (that was developed in the fifth and sixth). i mean, the gradual growing up of this character was great and realistic, but i still think younger harry is a bit worthless. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020549348509508380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503236164406200711.post-51145953538714265642013-02-25T11:27:11.105-05:002013-02-25T11:27:11.105-05:00we're immortal until we die, but they're i...we're immortal until we die, but they're immortal until killed. there is no natural death. but yeah the idea is romantic, but sort of like 'in this moment we're infinite'.<br />also, as you know, i can talk about harry potter any day all day, but i recently had a revelation about harry too. i used to think him useless. he was never the smartest, most skilled, or best dueler. he got out of everything by sheer luck or other's skills. and then i realized that's jk rowling's brilliance. harry's got flaws and he's not a bella. and then in the seventh book you realized he was always so brave that it was almost impossible to behold. imagine camping across the country with snatchers and voldemort out to get you... and no food, too. and then he willingly walked to his death when he knew he was a horcrux and my heart died for him. he's brilliant. and then he destroyed the elder wand. he never wanted power, or fame or anything, and he never had a proper upbringing but yet he grew up better than all the people his year esp. ron who was the worst and had the 'best' parents.<br />after the seventh book, i grew a crush on harry. the end.rnoreply@blogger.com