OOP: what was the point of...

[Tamara]

No: HPFGUIDX 61984

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <robert_scarth at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tamara" <buffyeton at y...> 
wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sayaka" <pyggiegirl at a...> 
> > wrote:
> > > This is a spoiler.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 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

Ohh, damn!  That is good!  Totally sums up what all that meant (at 
least in my mind).  Wow, I hope that is what JKR meant when she wrote 
all that stuff, because it's perfect.  Go Robert, go Robert, it's 
your birthday. :)

Tamara