That, and he's angry with Cho and Malfoy. But yeah, I find it fairly understandable, but then, I'm a nosy person myself!
Haha, me too. I'm not sure I could have resisted the temptation in the same situation! On the other hand, he's seized by a "reckless daring", so to me that read as an indication of his bravery crossing over to the realm of recklessness and a fairly clear mistake on Harry's part.
I'd have to dig up my word copy to be sure, but I'm fairly certain there's some mention of this in the immediate following chapter.)
Oh, there is; he doesn't think of Snape much at all, and there is nothing about him specifically feeling sorry for what he's done. He's fully concentrated on his parents and Sirius and Remus' actions in the past. He judges them as harshly as any critical fan actually: Sirius is "as bad as his father" and Remus "let it all happen" despite his prefect status. Harry's not happy at all here, especially since he comes to the conclusion that Snape couldn't be blamed for it.
No, my impression of Harry's feelings on what he did isn't based on solid statements in the text here, I'm afraid. It's how I see Harry's personality over all, in combination with the things I already mentioned. And his assurance of "No, of course I w-". it implies that he feels he invaded Snape's privacy.
You're right in that he places much most of the responsibility for ending the lessons on Snape. I just got the impression that he was ashamed of his actions too. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive in this case.
(it's a similiar situation to the Sectumsempra in HPB, I think -
Well, somewhat, I guess. In HBP he found Draco accidentally, and I saw it as a sign of maturity that even then he chose to keep that to himself. (I think it's important to remember that what Harry's doing in the books is growing up.)
And about the unforgivable, I think it's fairly likely that Snape uses Legilimency on Harry when he first sees him and directly finds out what happened and how shocked and horrified Harry was.
like that Malfoy saw Harry and tried an Unforgiveable instantly?
I only checked the Sectusempra part, and the part about him getting detentions and his friends finding out just after, and I couldn't find the part where he says this. Is it later on? I haven't reread recently.
as well as anger over getting detentions
I couldn't see any anger either. Except at Snape, of course, but not at the detentions. He doesn't even pretest them, except for that weak attempt at changing the day. It felt as if he was taking responsibility, to me. It wasn't as if he was trying to blame anyone else, not even the book where he read it. He says "I'm not defending what I did!" "...but you can't blame the Prince"
and the immediate concealment of the HBP's book; as coming under the category of avoiding responsibility for his actions.)
Yeah, this part is not exactly his most honest moment. I think it's human, though. Harry's not particularly nice all the time, which is one of the reasons I like him so much.
Another example I guess would be JKR's description of HBP!Ginny as 'warm and compassionate' which boggled a few people on my list.
Hah, yes, that was a moment of complete bafflement for mee too. That whole relationship was written so badly that I kept wondering if she was doing it on purpose!
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But yeah, I find it fairly understandable, but then, I'm a nosy person myself!
Haha, me too. I'm not sure I could have resisted the temptation in the same situation! On the other hand, he's seized by a "reckless daring", so to me that read as an indication of his bravery crossing over to the realm of recklessness and a fairly clear mistake on Harry's part.
I'd have to dig up my word copy to be sure, but I'm fairly certain there's some mention of this in the immediate following chapter.)
Oh, there is; he doesn't think of Snape much at all, and there is nothing about him specifically feeling sorry for what he's done. He's fully concentrated on his parents and Sirius and Remus' actions in the past. He judges them as harshly as any critical fan actually: Sirius is "as bad as his father" and Remus "let it all happen" despite his prefect status. Harry's not happy at all here, especially since he comes to the conclusion that Snape couldn't be blamed for it.
No, my impression of Harry's feelings on what he did isn't based on solid statements in the text here, I'm afraid. It's how I see Harry's personality over all, in combination with the things I already mentioned. And his assurance of "No, of course I w-". it implies that he feels he invaded Snape's privacy.
You're right in that he places much most of the responsibility for ending the lessons on Snape. I just got the impression that he was ashamed of his actions too. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive in this case.
(it's a similiar situation to the Sectumsempra in HPB, I think -
Well, somewhat, I guess. In HBP he found Draco accidentally, and I saw it as a sign of maturity that even then he chose to keep that to himself. (I think it's important to remember that what Harry's doing in the books is growing up.)
And about the unforgivable, I think it's fairly likely that Snape uses Legilimency on Harry when he first sees him and directly finds out what happened and how shocked and horrified Harry was.
like that Malfoy saw Harry and tried an Unforgiveable instantly?
I only checked the Sectusempra part, and the part about him getting detentions and his friends finding out just after, and I couldn't find the part where he says this. Is it later on? I haven't reread recently.
as well as anger over getting detentions
I couldn't see any anger either. Except at Snape, of course, but not at the detentions. He doesn't even pretest them, except for that weak attempt at changing the day. It felt as if he was taking responsibility, to me. It wasn't as if he was trying to blame anyone else, not even the book where he read it. He says "I'm not defending what I did!" "...but you can't blame the Prince"
and the immediate concealment of the HBP's book; as coming under the category of avoiding responsibility for his actions.)
Yeah, this part is not exactly his most honest moment. I think it's human, though. Harry's not particularly nice all the time, which is one of the reasons I like him so much.
Another example I guess would be JKR's description of HBP!Ginny as 'warm and compassionate' which boggled a few people on my list.
Hah, yes, that was a moment of complete bafflement for mee too. That whole relationship was written so badly that I kept wondering if she was doing it on purpose!