i have said it before i really thought that Harry would be angryer than he was in OOTP i mean he loved Sirius and we saw how angry he was at the end of OOTP! he wasnt he was very emm Grown up in this book... i guess in book 7 he will have to be

hes really grown up in this book

Harry has gone crazy lol I really like him this way (rebel) but he knows to cros the line and I don't like that

i think that ever since sirius died and he found out about the prophecy he is slways dpressed and can't bring himself to yell at people.he feel as if his heart was ripped out and stomped on and then pushed down his thoat.now all he wants is for it to be over.he didn't want to have to go though with this.but now that he knows what he has to do he just wants to do it and have it over with. he wants to live life like a normal person his age.

Well....mature....no, I don't think Harry knows this word yet...the only thing I thought about Harry during reading the book was 'Wait, how old is he?like...16?'and he's talking like that to people 30 years older and wiser than him...you know, I call it rudeness...foolishness...selfishness...
I really think those kind of actions do not make him look mature... unless he is but he's not interested in letting people know.

"Dumbledoor's man through and through...yes I am..."
I was afraid that he was going to curse him or something...

he did a bit of really good growing in this book..more mature,confident and strict

Yeah he has grown up alot!!
I think he know's he has to grow up bcoz he has a big fight ahead of him!!!
And he know's he won't win it by jumping into things, he learnd that by gettin the whole sirius at the ministry thing wrong!!!!

yes.... he did think more before acting in this book. He was far more mature than in book 5.

i think in a way both but that was only because voldy was back and it was messing with his head and his feelings.

i think he acted like a sixteen year old

I really loved Harry in this book! He really is maturing and becoming a man; a big change from OotP, where he was acting like an annoying child(though I could understand why he was feeling that way). I loved how he dealt with the Ministry, I would do the same if I were him! After what they have done to the Wizarding communty-and him-his anger certainly was justified in my mind.

I loved how he was a lot nicer and appreciated his friends a lot more(like when he stood up for Neville and Luna on the train-a lot different to his reaction to sitting with them the year before.

He was also controlling his emotions more and asking more questions-which is very good as well. He had a very good relationship with Dumbledore-even though Dumbledore was in more of a hurry than usual-they really have gotten close over the years, and there were some really sweet moments between them in the book.

He was also funnier than usual; I couldn't come up with his comebacks! I also liked 'the monster in his chest', and how he just kissed Ginny in front of everybody-especially [/i]Ron[i]. I thought that their relationship was cute.

The only things I didn't like in this book were his obsession with Draco(eventhough it turned out he was right all along, and how he didn't seem to take collecting Slughorn's memory all that seriously.

I also thought that he got over Sirius' death sooner and better than I thought he would.

I really liked Harry in this book. I thought he was more...er...in control. He was really able to take it more easy in this book as opposed to Order of The Pheonix..and I really really liked that.

I don’t dislike Harry James Potter, I just feel really bad for him. Harry’s parents were killed trying to protect him when he's one. You-Know-Who tries to kill; yet Harry survives.



But, whom does that cause him his only relatives who would just as soon leave him on the curb. When he was 11 years he gets a letter telling who he is and his life changes just like that. Each year of Hogwarts, there is some kinda of problem waiting for him. Some are trying to kill, and while others are protecting him. Harry deal with things teens at his age couldn’t. And how old is he 11-16, right? So, how much more traumacould some at his age deal?

I think Harry’s attitude is just find.

Wonderfully said! I agree 100%

I think Harry's attitude is normal for a young teenage boy that has had to deal with all the issues Harry has. Actually he is pretty well adjusted when you take into consideration everything he's been through.

1) He never got to know his parents.
2) His aunt & uncle don't really want him and their treatment of Harry is abusive.
3)His cousin bullied him on a daily basis for 10 years and caused others not to be friends with Harry.
4)Harry finally finds a place where he belongs and makes real friend. But is forced to return to the Dursleys every summer where is is kept isolated from his friends.
5) He finds out that an evil Dark Lord killed his parents and tried to kill him.
6) Has had to deal with someone trying to due him harm all the years he attended Hogwarts.
7) Learning that one of his parent's best friends was responsible for their death because he sold them out to Voldemort.
8) Finding out he has real family only to have Sirius die before they could live together and get to know each other better.
9) Being forced into a tornament when he didn't have the skills and wasn't ready emotional because Voldemort wnated to a) use him to be reborn and then b) kill him.
10) Having Cedric murdered right in front of him.
11) He is told about the prophecy and that he must kill or be killed.
12) Then having his mentor and father figure right in front of him.
13) Having to face his toughest year yet alone and figure out how to find the remaining horcruxes and how to destroy them.

All of that plus he's a teen-ager and he has all of those hormones racing around. He's noticing girls and has to deal with his frist relationship. Then his best friends start to like-like each other and he has to worry about that. Then he starts to like-like his best friend's only sister.

There is a lot for poor Harry to deal with. He is tough but it breaks my heart. I wanted to adopt him and I think that is why Mrs. Weasley mother's him so.

The only thing I didn't like was the Draco obession and that he always thinks Snape is up to something. If Dumbledore trust him so should Harry. Dumbledore knows information that he hasn't shared with Harry.

Yes he is a teenageer and I know how they react, I live with on. But Harry has had to grow up a lot quicker than most of his age. I think he handled him self the best he knew how, and if my son handled himself that way in Harry's situation I would be very proud of him.

I think he was much more mature but, he was more angry and in my oppinion he had a right to be i mean if i had no parents my God father (the only father figure i ever had) died i would be pretty darn angry too!

I think loss is a profound lesson in life and forces people to grow up quickly. I think anyone who has experienced this can attest to this. So of course Sirius' death is going to have a large impact on Harry and how he responds to it. Especially knowing that had he just used the two way mirror, perhaps the death may not have happened. It's a heavy burden, and lesson to be learned.

I think also the openness of Dumbledore sharing why he had kept back information from Harry for so long made a huge difference for Harry, too. Harry realized that Dumbledore wasn't meaning to purposely keep information from Harry but rather to protect a young boy and allow him a few more years of innocence. This opened his eyes to a whole new Dumbledore and a deeper appreciation for the ones who are closet to him in his life.

I think it was the combination of these two events that led to the change in Harry's demeanor. He no longer had secrets being hid from him... yes he was a bit impatient at times, but he was reminded that in good time he would find out. To him this was being treated more like an adult and what Harry needed to mature and begin to accept his responsibilities.

I was surpirised by the way Harry acted in the 5th book. He was pretty hostile toward Ron And Hermione. I think he could hae controlle himself a little more but he did what he had to do.

That got on my nerves too. I was like "Stop it already" just like I was with Ron and Hermoine when they were fighting back and fourth. I was getting sick of it.

I, too, think that this book found Harry alot maturer and responsible. More controlled with his future.

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