Sirius' motorcycle

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No: HPFGUIDX 3336

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Brian " <skywalker1 at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "storm stanford" <msmacgoo at h...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> >   Brian said 
> >   "The statement I can't quite figure out is 
> >   that Sirius gives his bike to Hagrid and tells him that he's not 
> going to need it anymore."
> >    
> >
>    I think it is because it is now clear to him that Peter is the 
> trator and he intends to track him down and kill him (possibly 
> expecting to be killed in the porcess?) 
> > 
>    I guess that's possible but hasn't it been mentioned that Peter 
> was by far the weaker wizard so wouldn't Sirius believe that he would 
> have a pretty good chance of catching him without being permanently 
> injured?  Maybe he thought he might be locked up for killing Peter 
> but IIRC the Ministry (Barty Crouch Sr.) at the time was overreacting 
> by sentencing people without trials so Sirius would have good reason 
> to expect to be let off.

	I see Sirius as darn near suicidal with grief over the death of 
the Potters and his failure to protect them. It is typical of someone 
contemplating suicide to give away their most treasured possessions.
Pippin