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Too bad my grammar is being with the not good. So anyway, I've been rereading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the past two days (it's nice to be able to read at work sometimes). I'm not sure why I suddenly had the urge to, but I'd only read it twice, so it wasn't quite as recallable to the mind as the others are. Having now read it again, I have to say that certain parts make more sense, and other parts make less sense. Like, the whole bit about the wands and ownership, while a bit silly to a certain degree, does now make more sense. Unfortunately, the thing I found disturbing during the first read I find even more so now.
It's the unforgivable curses; more specifically, it's the use of the unforgivable curses by Harry and the other "good guys" without any qualms that bugs me. As the previous books have pointed out, specifically the fake Mad-Eye in four when he was teaching about them, the unforgivable curses are so named for a specific reason. Their use is forbidden, greatly punished, and used only by the bad side. In essence, these are the spells that are inherently evil; and yet, Harry, McGonagall, and possibly a few others, seem to have no qualms whatsoever in their usage. The book repeatedly points out that Harry resorts to less punitive means when attacking people, such as disarming. But in the bank, and later with one of the Carrows, he doesn't even hesitate for a second to use them. Granted, he doesn't use the kill curse, but the other two are still considered the unforgivables. He imperiuses when he could confund. He cruciates when he could stun. And after he cruciates, McGonagall seems to give no thought to imperiusing one of the Carrows before binding up both of them.
I realize that in times of battle, one does things, specifically like kill, because it becomes necessary. However, there are still places one should never go, and the fact that the characters went there without anybody crying foul, no repercussions, and no feelings of guilt... Harry's continued use of higher standards when facing opponents in some areas only further highlight his complete lack of moral qualms in other areas. It was not out of character for him to be so angry at Snape as to try to use them at the end of Six, but his (and others) use of them throughout Seven I find to be baffling and discordantly out of character.
It's the unforgivable curses; more specifically, it's the use of the unforgivable curses by Harry and the other "good guys" without any qualms that bugs me. As the previous books have pointed out, specifically the fake Mad-Eye in four when he was teaching about them, the unforgivable curses are so named for a specific reason. Their use is forbidden, greatly punished, and used only by the bad side. In essence, these are the spells that are inherently evil; and yet, Harry, McGonagall, and possibly a few others, seem to have no qualms whatsoever in their usage. The book repeatedly points out that Harry resorts to less punitive means when attacking people, such as disarming. But in the bank, and later with one of the Carrows, he doesn't even hesitate for a second to use them. Granted, he doesn't use the kill curse, but the other two are still considered the unforgivables. He imperiuses when he could confund. He cruciates when he could stun. And after he cruciates, McGonagall seems to give no thought to imperiusing one of the Carrows before binding up both of them.
I realize that in times of battle, one does things, specifically like kill, because it becomes necessary. However, there are still places one should never go, and the fact that the characters went there without anybody crying foul, no repercussions, and no feelings of guilt... Harry's continued use of higher standards when facing opponents in some areas only further highlight his complete lack of moral qualms in other areas. It was not out of character for him to be so angry at Snape as to try to use them at the end of Six, but his (and others) use of them throughout Seven I find to be baffling and discordantly out of character.
