Sirius - who is right?

[tomatogrower88]

No: HPFGUIDX 73494

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> There are lots of opposing opinions on Sirius among readers, but I'm 
> intrested in the one that occurs at the end of OotP.  Harry states 
> that Sirius was hurt by Snape continually twitting him on being 
> stuck at HQ, and Dumbledore immediately replies that that was not 
> true; that Sirius was too mature to be hurt by something so 
> insignificant.  Now, just who is right here?  
> 
> Wanda

My opinion:

Both Sirius and Snape are havng a very hard time letting go of the 
past. Sirius was hurt by Snape. But Harry has to realize that Sirius 
would have come if Harry was in danger no matter what Snape had said. 
Snape did not goad Sirius out of hiding. Sirius went to Azkaban as a 
young man and he was not able to grow up, he had to fight to be sane. 
When he escaped he had to stay hidden. I think he was growing more 
mature as the book went on; but he was unable to meet his full 
potential. So I am in the camp that Dumbledore in trying to see the 
big picture missed some important little things.

Myrth