OoP - Jenny's Big Questions and others - Spoilers!

[mmemalkin]

No: HPFGUIDX 61829

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> 
wrote:
>  I've got a number of questions about the death in general.
> 
>    What curse killed him?
>    If it was AK, why didn't we see a green light?
>    Was Sirius actually dead when he went through the veil?
>    What's behind that veil, anyway?
>    Is it significant that the veiled area is in the Dept of 
>    Mysteries?

MmeMalkin comments:

About the veil -  IIRC, to say that someone has "passed beyond the 
veil" is a euphemism for death. When I read the section where Harry 
almost went through during their first exploration of the room, I 
sat bolt upright saying, "No! Don't do it!" [Yes, right out loud, 
but if no one is there to hear it, it never happened, right? ;-)] 
 
When I saw the chapter title "Beyond the Veil," I wondered if JKR 
would take us there, if Harry would succeed in breaking away from 
Lupin to go through. I was glad she didn't go there.  Much as I'd 
love to see Harry have a chance to say goodbye to Sirius and/or meet 
his parents, it would have been an interruption at that point in the 
book.
Maybe she'll revisit the veil in book 6. Oh, uh, forget I said 
that... need to finish digesting this one before looking for the 
next course... 

~Diane
Eschewing obfuscation