Some Discrepancies

[dorapye]

No: HPFGUIDX 86396

I just assumed, when I read it, that the mirror reflected Harry's 
desire, not just for a family, but for the family who loved him.  
After all, he does have a family - the Dursleys are family, but they 
have no love for him.  Therefore, what Harry sees in the mirror is 
his (sadly, all dead) family members who continue to watch over him 
and love him, albeit from 'behind the veil'. The family members who 
he sees all seem pleased to see him, waving and smiling, and his 
mother crying (with happiness that she can be seen by him?
communicate that she is still there, loving him, even after death?) 
I saw this as a, um, 'reflection' ('scuse unintended pun) of JKR's 
own desire, not only to see her own mother's face again, but to know 
that she still has her mother's love, though she has passed on. 

Yikes - have I over-sentimentalised this? I have to admit, I always 
cry at this part of PS (not good when reading to a class of nine 
year olds!)

dorapye