Rulebreaking (Official Philip Nel Question #6) (Take #1)

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No: HPFGUIDX 38550

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "irene_mikhlin" <irene_mikhlin at b...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > Sirius is seemingly completely unrepentent about The Prank.  In 
> every other area of our exposure to Sirius in GoF, I would argue 
that 
> Sirius has a strong moral grounding (a strong sense of his 
> responsibilities as Harry's godfather, a strong sense of how 
Crouch, 
> Sr. might have handled family affairs poorly, etc.).   So, does he 
> have a blind spot with respect to Snape, or maybe, just possibly, 
is 
> there more to The Prank than we the readers yet know?  <g>  
> > 
> 
> Or maybe he is just unrepentant in general. :-) If I was Ron, I 
would 
> expect some apology after PoA events.

I think sending Ron the owl was the apology.  :-)

It's not like Sirius is incapable of taking responsibility or 
feeling guilt.  The degree of guilt and responsibility he feels for 
the Potters' deaths is actually greater than it needs to be.  And 
there are bits in PoA that indicate to me that he feels badly about 
injuring Ron.  But his animosity toward Snape seems to overrule his 
normal conscience.  There's no indication that he feels bad about it 
at all.  Since I love Sirius and want to think well of him, I hope 
that gets dealt with eventually.