閱讀報告:《哈利波特》(2)

鄺頌晴 Chung Ching Kwong
4 min readJun 25, 2019

愛與勇氣最為重要。

前文提要:閱讀報告:《哈利波特》(1)

故事發展到第四集,已經唔再係Harry睇唔過眼自告奮勇出去挑戰大壞蛋,然後靠住死好命咁去做英雄。而係身不由己咁樣,被捲入一單又一單嘅陰謀都麻煩入面。

第四集,無緣無故就被選為第四位鬥士,面對龍、人魚、迷宮,三個考驗。但每一次,Harry明顯都係唔夠聰明、唔夠能力去面對呢啲挑戰。每一次,都係Hermione、Hagrid、Dobby、Moody主動透露消息、幫Harry搵方法、為佢偷魚鰓草。Harry同其他鬥士相比,其實只係一個𡃁仔,能力不足。身為主角,其實佢都唔係真係咁出眾,佢都係見步行步,摸索著搵出路。

之後仲响迷宮入面,拎起咗係portkey嘅獎盃,被傳送咗去一個墓地。親眼睇住Cedric死,睇住Voldemort復活。靠著一個神奇嘅巧合,好彩執返條命返去同Dumbledore報告。正式開始同Voldemort嘅對抗。

去到《鳳凰會的密令》更加見到Harry身為一個「𡃁仔」嘅無奈。Dumbledore乜都唔解釋,一味避開佢,其他大人當佢只係細路,都係乜都唔講佢知。Harry淨係知道自己想做啲嘢幫手對抗Voldemort,但唔知道應該點、可以點。

《混血王子》嘅時候,Dumbledor開始逐啲逐啲話俾Harry知要點做,但其實Harry都一樣繼續係能力不足,依賴其他人、其他事嘅幫助。佢仍然都係一個𡃁仔。

甚至去到最後一集,真係去消滅Voldemort,佢都一樣係能力不足、見步行步、靠其他人幫助。Harry咁多本書入面都唔係用「天人之姿」咁樣降落响人間然後主角光環獲得勝利,而係一直摸索,一直trial and error咁樣最後成功打低Voldemort。

Harry其實同我、同一個普通塞豆窿無分別,可能因為咁樣,我會將自己投射咗落去。搞社運,就好似一開始Harry自告奮勇去做好多嘢,去救魔法石、去救Ginny同Sirius。但後來,慢慢啲嘢就會自己搵上門,唔到你唔去做,成為「被選中嘅細路」。越行越發現條路無得返轉頭,見到身邊有人好似Cedric咁犧牲。

而且發現,自己原來能力不足,搖擺不定。好多時都要靠人,靠朋友前輩出手,先勉勉強強過一關。過下過下,其他人就以為你好似好掂,但其實你自己知道,根本就係靠著運氣同其他人嘅幫助,先一次又一次僥倖過到去。

Hermione Granger : And last year he really did fight off You-Know-Who in the flesh.

Harry Potter : Wait… look, it all sounds *great* when you say it like that. But the truth is most of that was just luck. I didn’t know what I was doing half the time, I nearly always had help…

Hermione Granger : He’s just being modest.

Harry Potter : No, Hermione, I’m not! Facing this stuff in real life is not like school. In school, if you make a mistake you can just try again tomorrow. But out there, when you’re a second away from being murdered or watching a friend die right before your eyes… you don’t know what that’s like.

仲發現,原來個世界唔會等你長大。原來你一旦決定踏出一步,個世界就會毫不猶疑咁對你狠狠下手。之後唔等你自己披甲上陣,麻煩同威脅到會搵上門。唔到自己選擇逃避與否,淨係可以選擇昂首闊步進入競技場,定係拖住腳步垂頭行入去。

但兩者都一樣,都需要勇氣。都需要面對世界嘅種種不確定,面對望唔到條路響邊嘅平原,只係僅僅知道終點响對面某處。但點樣去到目的地,完全都係要自己搵出來。

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鄺頌晴 Chung Ching Kwong
鄺頌晴 Chung Ching Kwong

Written by 鄺頌晴 Chung Ching Kwong

貓老母。 IPAC高級分析員。 現於漢堡大學攻讀法律博士,研究個人資料保護/digital rights。所有內容均為個人意見。

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