Perversion in the Graveyard

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 71237

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melinda Leydon 
<melindaleo at m...> wrote:
> Marianne said:
> 
> Harry has now been deeply wounded by Sirius' death. We'll have to 
see
> if JKR handles Harry's reactions over the summer any differently. I
> wonder if she is already sending Harry on a 100-yard dash through 
the
> stages of grief.  He had immediate denial at the time of the death,
> and showed anger in Dumbledore's office. I don't think we've seen
> bargaining, depression and acceptance yet. 

  
>Jennifer writes:
My first reaction upon reading this post that going to Nick was an 
attempt to bargain for Sirius' return. And then the mirror, that too 
seemed to be a last-ditch hope he was bargaining on. When you hope 
against hope that your aren't really having to face a death, that's 
sort of bargaining, isn't it?

I too hope that Harry isn't zoomed through the stages of facing 
death. It's usually a life-changing process for anyone who's had to 
endure it. It seems JKR certainly gets it, what with references to 
the two universes and Harry's forlorn time at the lake but the 
temptation to deal with it expeditiously must be there. After all, 
there's always so much to write. This can't be a jolly thing to 
prolong.
Jennifer