I quite like that bit, now you remind me of it.




Well, she is a teenager, too. It is hard to realise because Harry is younger than her, and she therefore seems grown-up. But she is only, what? 17?



Hehe. I don't remember that. I quite look forward to it now.




Yes. If they allow themselves to be analyzed in this way, I see no reason not to do it.

Although there is a wonderful quote that I think Roh sent me ages ago, which defines a geek as someone ``trained by much immersion in the unreal to be able to see narrative realities''.

I think that is what much of this is about (and why a lot of people who are not accustomed to approach narrative in the same way are unable to see the interest in Harry Potter).




Yes. Far be it from me to defend Harry's teenage monsterness. I agree.




True. But it does show how he does not allow his own issues to come in the way of the task at hand: to convince Hagrid that all families have dark sides. The alternative way of doing that would be to present himself as the bad side, but that would defeat the object, I think.