Why is Lupin afraid of the floating silver or b?

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 26924

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., pegasus0580 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Tandy, Heidi" <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a...> 
> wrote:
> > At the Shieking Shack, lupin asks Hermione if she figured out he 
> was a
> > werewolf because the boggart turnd into the moon.
> > 
> > Which, of course, leads to the question - Why, exactly, is he 
> afraid of the
> > werewolf side of himself?
> > 
> 
> I think he is afraid of the werewolf side of himself since he 
cannot 
> control that part of himself--as he seems to control his emotions 
and 
> actions as a human.  I also think he fears the fact that he could 
> possibly hurt others without meaning it--he probably accidently did 
> that before when he was young--and his werewolf side made him an 
> outcast in the wizarding world.
> 
> Sharlene

Also, not just the fact that he transforms into a werewolf and can't 
control his emotions, but the fact that the very fact that he is a 
werewolf has caused him so much trouble in his life.  If it weren't 
for the kindness of people such as Dumbledore, Lupin would be 
completely ostracised.  As it is, he leaves Hogwarts at the end of 
PoA, jobless, very much on his own - all down to the fact that other 
wizards can't handle what he is.  (Where did he go?)

Therefore, I think the moon could be a metaphor of a metaphor - as 
being a werewolf symbolises for Lupin his loneliness as a person, due 
to this monthly transformation.

Catherine