Dead Sirius *weep*--not

[celyse218]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mylarboxers" <prsawyer at u...> 
wrote:
> The death of Sirius was an odd moment of reading for me because,
> unlike so many others I guess, I was not sad about it at all.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who found themselves not feeling too 
sad when Sirius died.  My pre-reading prediction was that it would be 
Neville, and I was immensely relieved that it wasn't. (I wish we all 
hadn't known someone was going to die in advance, it ruined some of 
the surprise.) Even though Sirius was a major character, I never felt 
very emotionally tied to him, even though Harry was.  In the end, his 
death affected me more through Harry's reaction to it. And pity for 
Harry erased some of the negative feelings I had about him through 
the book for his arrogance and rudeness to his friends.
I think from a plot perspective, Sirius's death makes sense.  Harry's 
had to deal with loss before, but this affects him much more.  He was 
too young to remember his parents, and while Cedric's death was 
tragic, he and Cedric were never *close* friends.  The loss of Sirius 
contributes to Harry feeling more alone than ever and it forces him 
to grow up even faster.