Why did Harry get such a liking of Sirius to start with ?

[ariadnemajic]

No: HPFGUIDX 74692

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "iris_ft" <iris_ft at y...> wrote:
 <Snip>"I `d like to add to her observation that Sirius is not only 
someone Harry can easily identify with. He `s also someone Harry was 
waiting for more or less consciously.If you take the second chapter 
of Philosopher's Stone, you can read at the end: "When he had been 
younger, Harry had dreamed and dreamed of some unknown relation 
coming to take him away, but it had never happened; the Dursleys were 
his only family.<snip>
Harry likes Sirius because he comes just in time to be an opposite of 
what a 13 years old boy dislikes consciously or not in father figure: 
authority (Vernon Dursley, Snape), experience (Lupin, Dumbledore),and 
weakness (Hagrid). "<snip>


Ariadne: Oooooh...this is very deep and,IMO, a very accurate 
description of the relationship between Harry and Sirius, including 
the instant attachment. In a different thread, I talked about Harry 
being attracted to the "hero/savior" side of Sirius, which is a part 
of Harry's psychological make-up as well.  Of course both of them 
exhibit this archetype b/c they both deeply desired "saving" as they 
were growing up, and both learned (are learning) it's an internal, 
not external, process.  

That's why Dumbledoe, Hagrid, the Weasley's etc. aren't as attractive 
as Sirius at that moment--Harry sees before him, right or no, the man 
who can make up for all he's missed out on.  

Ariadne