OOP: General impressions (spoilers)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 62903

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   Did he not 
> get hit once with a stunning charm while McGonagall took four and 
> lived?  I assumed it had more to do with his falling behind that 
> veil -- 

Yes, the veil means death. It is meant literally. The stunning charm 
didn't kill Sirius, it was his falling behind the veil.

I think it is Sirius, because the death of Sirius is the worst that 
could have happened to Harry. Yes, there is Hagrid, and Mrs Weasley 
and Ron and Hermione and and and. But Sirius was his godfather, they 
were never able to say goodbye, in fact, they were never really able 
to get to know each other, and this is horrible for Harry. Also, it 
was a truly shocking scene for the audience, that a character with 
such a horrible life, died such a senseless death.
 
> I also don't get how the action plot hinges on the Prophecy, not 
> after reading what the Prophecy actually said. 

Voldemort didn't know what exactly the second part of the Prophecy 
was. Neither did his Death Eaters and Harry and his friends didn't 
know anything at all. All of them might have thought, it is more 
important, than it actually is (or at least currently seems to be). 
The prophecy also makes clear, that Dumbledore can't kill Voldemort.  

@ Lilys Eyes: I know JKR said something about Lily's eyes being 
important, but I never read, that she said we would find out already 
in book 5. Maybe it is just meant the way, that the eyes are the 
mirror to our souls, and that Harry is characterwise more like Lily, 
than like James.

 What does seem more 
> and more crucial is Harry and Snape's relationship.  They will have 
> to both come to terms with the past and the present as part of the 
> resolution of the story.

And I hope they will be able to do so.

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