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Harry Is Growing Up

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exartiem:
I was talking with a friend about the Dresden Files books.  He commented that Harry has done a complete 180 on the wardens.  At first he hated and feared them.  He resented the hell out of being conscripted into them.  Now, he noted, Harry seems to have embraced the role.

I told him it's because Harry grew up.  At first he was like our real world young people (we call them millennials today, but they have been part of every generation) feeling resentment that the world isn't the way they think it should be.  But as Harry has grown, he has learned and come to understand better why the council does things the way it does, why the wardens are like they are, and why Morgan treated him like he did.  And by understanding, he can become partner to it because he can see the necessity of it.

My question:  what other ways has Harry 'grown up' during the series?

Quantus:
Free Will.  He respects other's Right to make their own decisions, specifically Informed Decisions, and understands that if he respects them he has to respect their Choices even if he disagrees with them, or fears for them.   

Talby16:

--- Quote from: Quantus on January 16, 2018, 02:02:29 PM ---Free Will.  He respects other's Right to make their own decisions, specifically Informed Decisions, and understands that if he respects them he has to respect their Choices even if he disagrees with them, or fears for them.

--- End quote ---

Springboarding of Quantus a bit. I think the Right to Informed Consent/Decisions is a huge sign of growth. Harry started the series with not sharing anything with others out of fear of causing more damage. He gradually opened up to Murphy and the Alphas as he recognized that not knowing was actually dangerous to them and in a sense sabotaging their free will. In Changes he chose to lay everything on the table with Molly instead of protecting her so that she could make an informed choice.

Quantus:

--- Quote from: Talby16 on January 16, 2018, 02:44:04 PM ---Springboarding of Quantus a bit. I think the Right to Informed Consent/Decisions is a huge sign of growth. Harry started the series with not sharing anything with others out of fear of causing more damage. He gradually opened up to Murphy and the Alphas as he recognized that not knowing was actually dangerous to them and in a sense sabotaging their free will. In Changes he chose to lay everything on the table with Molly instead of protecting her so that she could make an informed choice.

--- End quote ---
The death of Kim Delaney was a big turning point for him on this, I suspect.  Though it was also a series of punches: Kim, then Murphy (Nightmare), then Susan, then Shiro.  All of these were instances where somebody (usually him) kept secrets from others "for their own good" and it ended up screwing things over even worse than they'd feared.

Rasins:
I would say being a father will also have a great "Growing up" effect on Harry.

He'd already sort of gotten a taste of this through his teaching of Molly.

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