Perversion in the Graveyard

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 71249

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "susanbones2003" <rdas at f...> 
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?

Yes, I can buy that.  Although maybe not bargaining in the sense 
of "bring back Sirius and I'll...be nice to Snape, do all my homework 
on time, stop snapping at my friends, or whatever, Harry is 
feverishly trying to find a connection.  The bargain is more a "Okay, 
he can be dead, but give me a way to contact him."

> 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

Yes, there is tons more to write.  But, I figure if OoP can be 800+ 
pages long, surely in the Book 6, there can be more than one or two 
sentences that imply Harry's grief.  I'm not saying that I expect or 
want pages of Harry weeping and wailing and rending his garments, but 
surely someone with JKR's powers can work in phrases or descriptions 
that would clue us in to Harry's state of mind.  

Marianne