Sirius confusing Harry and James

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 75798

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tara" <killerwhaletank at h...> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
>> I was just wondering what you thought about Sirius seeming to confuse 
Harry for James in book 5. <<
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Tara

bboy_mn:

I think Harry and Sirius had a symbiotic relationship going. A
relationship that was mutually delusional. Although, to use the word
'delusional' seems a bit harsh, perhaps, a mutually illusional
relationship would be better.

In Sirius, Harry found the nearest living thing to his father. Both in
a father substitue, and in the sense, that Sirius was James best
friend for many years, and of anyone other than Lily, he knew James
best. So, in a sense, Sirius is the closest Harry will ever get to his
own father in his lifetime.

In Harry, Sirius found his long lost and dearest friend. In Harry, he
also found a chance to redeem himself for the mistake he made that
cost James his life. I think Sirius took his Godfather role very
seriously, and he would have done anything to protect Harry. It must
have been hell for Sirius to want to be a part of Harry's life so
desperately, and at the same time, be so helpless to do anything aobut
it. From the minute Sirius left Azkaban, I don't think Harry was ever
off his mind for even a moment. In Harry, Sirius found a chance to
reclaim his lost friend, redemption for himself, and a purpose in a
life that had otherwise been wasted.  

I really thought that it would be impossible for Sirius to be the one
that died. They both needed each other way too much for that to
happen. But now that Sirius is lost, I see this re-enforcing Harry's
trend of distancing himself from people; re-enforcing his sense of
isolation. 

I see a very dark turn for Harry in the next book; a dark turn that
scares me more than Voldemort. If I had to sum up Harry's new dark
attitude in the fewest words, it would go something like this-

'Why love or be loved when it can never end in anything but death?'

That's a very scary and a very lonely way to live.

bboy_mn