The howl of misery

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No: HPFGUIDX 25688

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., frantyck at y... wrote:
> Another tangent:
> 
>  In safety, for the 
> moment, Harry's experiences crowd in upon him, hours in an instant, 
> and he must find a way to let himself release all the pent-up 
misery. 
> Mrs Weasley sits down on Harry's bed and hugs Harry tight.
> 
> He never howls. Harry fights to hold it in, wishes Ron would turn 
> away. Mrs Weasley and Harry break apart when Hermione catches 
Beetle-
> Skeeter.
><snip> 
>

This IMO is the most heart renching (cant spell sorry!) moment in the 
whole HP series, I really think that this "howl of misery" really 
should have been expressed.  Harry never really deals with the trauma 
of the nights events, and so can never really recover.  Even when he 
smiles "the first real smile in days" in Hagrid's cabin, I never 
really feel like the matter is dealt with.  The reader knows that 
Harry is still totally miserable inside, and without some help from a 
maternal figure (Molly Weasley) he is never truley going to be 
happy.  I cant see him getting any support from Petunia Dursley, so 
hopefully he will be let go to the Weasleys and have some "quality 
time".
-Mary (who really thinks she's taking this too seriously for a 
fictional story, but cant help herself!)