[HPforGrownups] Re: OotP - feeling just a bit resentful...

[Laura Herndon]

No: HPFGUIDX 62251

 

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From: medeacallous [mailto:medeacallous at yahoo.ca]
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:06 PM
To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: OotP - feeling just a bit resentful...


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Renee Daniels" 
<Calimora at y...> wrote:
> I totaly agree. Sirius *could* have added a huge extra dimension 
to 
> the book, but all he really got was cameos. His death seems to put 
an 
> end to any small victories the Trio and the Order could gain in 
the 
> following years. What's the point of catching Peter if Sirius is 
> dead? What, personaly, does Harry have to look forward too? What 
does 
> Lupin have to look forward too? Two years of war and life as an 
> outcast.... That's what irks me the most about Sirius' death. The 
> lonely ones are even more alone, but the ones with 'happy' 
families 
> are unscathed and don't have to learn the lessons Harry has. 
> 
> God, I miss Sirius.
> 
> ~Calimora (Who hates the idea of the Last Marauder Standing)
> 



I just had a thought:  what if it's important for the resolution of 
the story for Snape and Harry to work together, but that would never 
be possible if Sirius is alive?  I think that's one of the points 
JKR was trying to get across in her (IMO heavyhanded) descriptions 
of Sirius's negative influence over Harry:  It's kind of like Sense 
and Sensibility, with Snape representing Sense and Black 
Sensibility.  With the influence of the rash, mercurial Black in his 
life, Harry's life might have been more in danger, and/or his 
progress slower, and/or he would have progressively picked up more 
resentment towards Snape, thereby driving the Gryffindor/Slytherin 
wedge even deeper, at a time when unity is paramount.

MC

I agree with MC.  Sirius's behavior was often rash and of the sort that leads to disastrous results. While it is implied that James mellowed somewhat from the complete bully of Snape's memory, Sirius remained impulsive and heedless of consequences as an adult.  Sirius's untimely end shows that such behavior has consequences.  Sirius certainly didn't deserve the end he got, but his impatience just as certainly directed him to it.  Harry is now exhibiting similar character flaws -he's determined not to see that Sirius could possibly be at fault in any manner, and his anger is blinding him.  I'm sure Harry will have to resolve these feelings in the following books if he is to defeat Voldemort.  This is what makes JKR's characters interesting.  They are not perfect, they have good and bad sides, and if they don't grow and improve they can't move forward.
 
Laura
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