Weeping for Sirius

[Evangelina Gonzalez Rivas]

No: HPFGUIDX 68281


Darrin wrote:

>I must confess that, I too, upon first read, was not horribly 
>affected by the death of Sirius.
>
>I attribute that to the speed with which I read it the first time, my 
>expectation that it would be Hagrid and my preparation for that, and 
>the almost perfunctory way it was handled. One blast and a fall 
>through a mysterious veil.
>
>But on second read and on further reflection, I say without 
>hesitation that I am in mourning.
>
>Sirius is an important character, if we take a moment and view him 
>through Harry's eyes. Sirius is the closest thing Harry feels to a 
>father. In GoF, Harry wants someone like a parent to write to and he 
>hits upon Sirius.
>
>Harry has lost his parents and now lost his father's best friend, 
>someone he viewed as a kind of favorite uncle. 

<snip>

>Is he dead? Yes. I don't believe he will come back through that veil.
>
>But then again, the dead never truly leave us.
>
>So yes, I did not mourn for Sirius the first time through. Maybe I 
was glad it wasn't Hagrid. 
>
>But I mourn now. A good man has fallen. >>>>>>>>>


 
Now me:
Hi everyone! This is my first post.
  
 I think Sirius is the most important character that could have 
died in OoP -Hagrid included-. The bond between Harry and Sirius  
was really important for the story -and the readers-. Harry is an 
orphan, he has already lost his parents... and now he loses the 
closest person in his life... again!
Sirius' death seems to have shocked Harry -and many of us- badly 
and I really think JK had achieved the top level of impact by killing 
him instead of Hagrid.
  
Evangelina.
' If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he 
treats his inferiors, not his equals.' -Sirius Black, GoF-