Re. Harry's boggart

linocow2000 caroline at illustratorene.no
Sun Jul 27 19:08:50 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 73520

 Jim Ferer wrote:

> A Boggart, though, takes the shape of an object, a
> thing, that a human
> fears most, so what Harry would see is Sirius's body
> or the Door of
> the Dead (how's that for a name?), not the scene of
> Sirius's death,
> just as Mrs. Weasley saw her loved ones dead, not
> them dying horribly.
> IOW, boggarts don't put on plays.

>Buttercup wrote:
>Yes, you're right boggarts don't put on plays. Harry
>would see Sirius' body or the veil. I also thought
>that he might the prophecy orb, now that he knows what
>it is. That piece of information's got to weigh heavy
>on him. 

Me:
Surely Harry's boggart will continue to take the form of a dementor, as a 
dementor forces its victim to relive all his/her worst memories, which in H=arry's 
case will now include Sirius's death (and associated guilt) as well as his =
mother screaming, Voldemort laughing, the flash of green light etc.

In particular, I think it very unlikely that the boggart would take the for=m of the 
veil, as it seems an important theme in the book that (unlike Voldemort) Ha=rry 
does not fear death. In fact he probably fears it less now that he has got =the 
idea from Luna that Sirius and his parents are waiting for him on the other= 
side of the veil.
Linocow2000








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