I think that's a reason why I always feel like the exposition is so poorly handled, since it's from such a limited POV, the only real way Harry, and thus us, can find out information is if someone actually tells him, which then tends to turn into the long, almost siligoquey. Not that I find these poorly written or uninteresting, I just wish I didn't have to happen so much. I think she sort of ending up backing herself into a corner with the POV (which I think she realized in book 4, when she started having to open books with a scene that wasn't in Harry's POV), but there are also a lot of good advantages for us to know Harry better with the POV she chose.
And I also had the same thought, of "Really, Harry? Right now? Okay, go on then" I guess technically he had the half hour before Voldemort's deadline and figured that maybe Snape had something important to tell him about defeating Voldemort... was that where he learned he'd have to die? I can't remember, but either way, it struck me as a bit iffy too, though not completely out of character for Harry, who tends to do things rashly and irrationally anyway.
And I also had the same thought, of "Really, Harry? Right now? Okay, go on then" I guess technically he had the half hour before Voldemort's deadline and figured that maybe Snape had something important to tell him about defeating Voldemort... was that where he learned he'd have to die? I can't remember, but either way, it struck me as a bit iffy too, though not completely out of character for Harry, who tends to do things rashly and irrationally anyway.
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