OOP :The Guilt Not Mentioned

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 66723

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "xnavyguy73" <tcinc at c...> wrote:
> I had a thought as I finished OOP. Harry had the mirror that he 
could have used to contact Sirus, although he didn't know it till he 
opend the package. When he couldn't talk to sirus throught the fire in 
> Umbridge's office he could have used the mirror, to make sure that 
> Sirus wasn't in the Order's HQ. After the events that lead to 
Sirus' death, Harry found the mirror and realized what it could do. He 
must have been hit with guilt about rushing into the MOM-Dept. of 
> Mysteries, and therefore making Sirus and the others come to his 
> rescue. Even if it's not expressly or plainly spelled out in the 
> text, I could only imagine how I would have felt about this 
situation.
> 
> BBSB----"Bring Back Sirus Black"  Hasn't Harry suffered enough loss

<ME>  I agree.  But, this was so critical to Harry's growth and 
character development.  He has to learn to "look before he leaps", 
control that impulsivity and channel his response to emotions-after 
all Dumbledore implies that it is Harry's ability to emote (Is that a 
word?) which will ultimately protect him from V. and assist him with 
conquering V.

Atropos G.