OOP: SPOLER : Re: Molly's boggart (was Obvious! Or maybe not...?)

[nb100uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 62793

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Mhochberg at a... wrote:
> Mary wrote:
> 
> BTW, who else cried with Molly & the boggart?



Oh, this was the scene that got me.  Even the later stuff didn't 
scare me as much as this one.  I think JKR writing as a mother 
touched on some of the most powerful stuff that she's ever done.

The absolute paralysis of Molly as she saw her greatest fears played 
out - the death of her children and husband - was incredible.  I had 
to take a break from the book at the end of that chapter, I was so 
emotionally washed out.

I disagree with the poster who said all Molly does is cook, clean and 
shout at her children.  The Weasleys have moved en mass from their 
lovely home to be the support team for the OotP.  Sirius (or Lupin?!) 
mentions that Molly wasn't part of OotP last time, and so doesn't 
understand that they are in a much better position than before.  
However, she is there now and the tension is palpable from the moment 
Harry enters the house.  She is the mother of the group and as such 
worries for the safety of all of them; so her overwraught, exhausted 
frame of mind contributes to her inability to control the boggart 
when it becomes her worst fears.

Yet another example of JKR's great theme of 'Love being a weakness 
and strength'.