Sorry for picking up on a specific point, but do they really grow up 'much faster' in the wizarding world? 17 instead of 18 isn't much of a difference, and the age of majority is so generic as to be meaningless anyway.
I think expecting an abused kid being offered a decent life for the first time to grow up instantly and reject all that's enjoyable in that new life is a bit unreasonable. As Churchill is supposed to have said, if cut funding to the arts to fund a war, what are we fighting for? What meaning would Harry find in working to save his life if that life had no joy in it? Soldiers don't stop caring about football. They even played a game in No Man's Land during the first world war.
Besides, Harry has a deal-with-it-when-it-comes personality; he seldom prepares unless promoted by others, and he likes to put off unpleasant tasks as long as possible. It's his nature. Not everybody is like Hermione.
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I think expecting an abused kid being offered a decent life for the first time to grow up instantly and reject all that's enjoyable in that new life is a bit unreasonable. As Churchill is supposed to have said, if cut funding to the arts to fund a war, what are we fighting for? What meaning would Harry find in working to save his life if that life had no joy in it? Soldiers don't stop caring about football. They even played a game in No Man's Land during the first world war.
Besides, Harry has a deal-with-it-when-it-comes personality; he seldom prepares unless promoted by others, and he likes to put off unpleasant tasks as long as possible. It's his nature. Not everybody is like Hermione.