The Mirror Too Late

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 68771

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "D.G." <dgwhiteis at h...> wrote:
> At the very end of OoP, Harry discovers the mirror Sirius had given 
> him, along with the instruction to use it whenever he wanted to 
> talk to Sirius about something.  Am I missing something, or did 
Harry 
> make a HUGE mistake in forgetting that he had this mirror in his 
> possession?  He could have used it to keep in contact with Sirius 
> during those weeks when Hogwarts was on security lock-down;  he 
> could have used it to discover that Sirius was not at the Ministry 
> being tortured by Voldemort's minions, and thus avoided the entire 
> fatal battle at the end of OoP.  
>   
> Why doesn't Harry realize that he blew it?
> 
> D.G.

I think, that after the fact, Harry does realize that he'd had a tool 
all along whose use could have prevented the chaos of everyone 
dashing off to the Ministry.  But, I also think his feelings about 
Sirius' death are too raw at the end of OoP for him to reflect about 
what might have been done differently.  I think that's also one 
reason why he says to himself that he'll never forgive Snape.  

Harry hasn't dealt with his grief yet. He's going to have to handle 
that, as well as eventually fully facing the fact that there is 
plenty of blame to go around for what happened, and some of it is 
Harry's. And, maybe he will then discover he has yet another link 
with Sirius - they both acted to help someone they loved, and rather 
than providing protection, that action helped lead to the loved one's 
death.  

Marianne