OOP: what was the point of...

[Robert]

No: HPFGUIDX 61936

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tamara" <buffyeton at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sayaka" <pyggiegirl at a...> 
> wrote:
> > This is a spoiler.
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> > Was anyone else anguished each time Harry didn't think of what 
> Sirius 
> > had given him after last seeing him last at Grimmauld place? 
> 
> Yeah, am I the only one who smacked there head and went "Doh" when 
> Harry remembered the mirror?  I guess he didn't tell Hermione about 
> it, because she surely would have reminded him of it.  
> 
>

One of the main themes of the book was Harry growing up and having to 
take responsibility for things himself. He failed to do this - 
particularly when he fails to learn Occulmancy (not sure about the 
spelling there). Snape tells him he must learn to control his 
emotions and he doesn't manage to do this. Sirius had become a father 
figure for Harry, and he often turned to him when he couldn't talk to 
anyone else. He could have used the mirror but he didn't, he forgot. 
Harry still has to come to terms with his limitations and weaknesses 
before he can become an adult. But one of the great things about this 
mirror was the scene at the end when he tries to find Sirius to talk 
to, and who does he see staring back at him - himself. Harry has to 
start taking responsibility for himself now.

Robert