OOP: Re: Sirius, was OOP: was Metaphors in the WW

[Daisy]

No: HPFGUIDX 66899

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "joywitch_m_curmudgeon" 
<joym999 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> 
> wrote:
> > Sirius has been a metaphor of approaching death since he arrived 
in 
> > PoA. His animagus form resembles the Grim, that symbol of 
> > approaching death. He then asks the children to call 
> him 'Snuff'les. 
> > In hindsight, JKR could only have made it clearer if she'd also 
> > had 'dead meat' tattooed on his forehead. ;-)
> > 

There's also this:

Sirius is the second brightest star in the sky, yet he's not allowed 
to shine because he's Black.

He was housed in a prison called Azkaban which, in working out the 
word in pieces, is something like this:

Az. is the abbreviation for Azimuth which is the rising angle between 
the horizon and some higher point (again the second brightest star in 
the sky).

Ka is the ancient Egyptian concept for the soul

Ban is to prohibit

I don't think he was really going to get anywhere once he got out. 
But then again, I may think just a bit too much. :)

BTW, I'm new. Hi!

Daisy