Sirius and Harry

[irbohlen at email.unc.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 17294

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Zarleycat at a... wrote:
<snip part of excellent discussion of Harry/Sirius relationship>

> In order to make Harry believe his story, 
> Sirius has to speak from the heart and describe to Harry how 
his plan 
> to switch Secret Keepers ultimately led to the Potters' murder, 
in essence taking the blame for their deaths.

You know, I suddenly had a brainwave: this is such a parallel to 
Harry's experience with Cedric--that terrific irony, that in making 
the sacrifice to share the Triwizard Cup with Cedric led to 
Cedric's death. Of course, it's even worse for Sirius since the 
Potters were his best friends, but still, if anyone could 
understand what sort of guilt Harry is feeling it would be Sirius.

Another favorite parallel [I hate to call it foreshadowing, because 
it isn't exactly] is when we are introduced to wizards "floating" 
things through Bill and Charlie's delightful "table wars" only to 
see this same power in a darker light after the Quidditch World 
Cup...

I can't believe I'm still finding things in these books!

Ivis