Dead Molly!?

[zebco606]

No: HPFGUIDX 68246

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo 
<owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> evangelina839 <evangelina839 at y...> wrote:
> "eligro2000" <eligro2000 at y...> wrote:
> <snip>...Molly's seeing a dead Ron as the first form of the 
boggart...<snip> Just thinking - Harry never sees the boggart 
turning into dead Charlie. He 
> could have been first.
> 
> -------------------------------
> 
> I hate to even suggest it, but in OOP Molly "sees" the boggart 
turn into her family, Harry, etc. But what if it's Molly herself 
who's killed-off in the next book? The Weasley children are old 
enough to deal with it now, and in true JK fashion, it would be 
totally unexpected. Just when all the kids had about "left the nest" 
and you'd hope for a happy ending for her and Arthur. Here's hoping 
we never see the dark mark above the Burrow . . .
> 
> Owlery2003

I've kind of wondered about Molly. Several intelligent posts have 
referred JKR making Sirius less likable in this book (and in some 
instances it seems to have really worked well) to help "prepare" us 
for his death.

In all four previous books, Molly has been a nurturer for Harry. In 
CoS, at the very beginning she protects Harry from the curiosity of 
her brood. She has been foolish (her crush on Lockhart) and angry 
(the flying car incidents) but still thoroughly admirable.
 In this book, even though her wish is still to nurture, her 
character has undergone a dramatic change. She "protects" Harry from 
the information that Sirius would give him, perhaps contributing to 
their downfall. When Ron makes prefect, she says "That's the whole 
family." In effect disowning the twins. (although she mentions Percy)
 Of course we know she's desperately worried so this post is not 
intended to criticise.
 Harry's reaction to Molly has changed as well. When she fusses over 
him on the morning of his hearing, he "wished she wouldn't," and 
this seems typical of his reaction to her mothering during his time 
at OoP headquarters. 

Of course, my fondest wish is a Weasley family reunited. I like them 
as a whole (there's Percy, but hey, every family's got one) But, I'm 
not sure any of her family will be able to throw themselves 
completely into all that's to come with Molly (at least as she's 
portrayed in Oop) holding on.

Dorothy
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
> SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]