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I'll leave Rowling with her own words to explain why she relates to a protagonist who is often blank, incurious, unthinking, narrow-minded and quick to judge.
Er, I'm afraid I sometimes judge the series harshly because it's quite hostile to academics and critical thinking in general, so it treads on my professional toes a bit. But really, Rowling often leaves more than enough rope to hang herself in interviews.
(Although hasn't she said that she is/has as her self-insert Harry, Hermione AND Dumbledore? What to make of THAT? It's possible she's talking out of her arse, of course, that would not be new.)
Er, I'm afraid I sometimes judge the series harshly because it's quite hostile to academics and critical thinking in general, so it treads on my professional toes a bit. But really, Rowling often leaves more than enough rope to hang herself in interviews.
(Although hasn't she said that she is/has as her self-insert Harry, Hermione AND Dumbledore? What to make of THAT? It's possible she's talking out of her arse, of course, that would not be new.)