Loss In Harry's Maturity And Wisdom

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It can be seen from the above analysis that, death and loss have played a key role in Harry’s maturity and wisdom. The central losses that deeply affected Harry were Linda, his mother and Miss Spencer. These multiple unfortunate losses have taught Harry that “It wasn’t God”, that caused this awful misfortune in his life; and that these losses were merely horrible catastrophes. Harry was simply unfavourable in this aspect of his life. Even though these disastrous events occurred and inflicted pain, they still were significant milestones and taught Harry many lessons.

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