The howl of misery

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25696

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., scaryfairymary at h... wrote:

 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".>

Yes - I imagine the first chapter of OoP at the Dursleys' to be one 
filled with nightmares for Harry, especially because his misery is 
still in him.  When I re-read that scene, I always think that Harry is 
amazingly strong for holding himself together that way, but I also 
feel for him (and would love to be the one hugging him).  Harry can 
also be strong by letting it all out in front of his friends, and I, 
too would not like to see him denied this.  

<-Mary (who really thinks she's taking this too seriously for a  
fictional story, but cant help herself!)>

We all do here; that's why we read the books several dozen times and 
furiously debate over things like House colors and where the Whomping 
Willow is.  :-)

--jenny from ravenclaw, who was suddenly reminded of Free to Be You 
and Me's "It's All Right to Cry" as she read Mary's comments 
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