OOP- Harry out of character-Too many holes- - **Spoilers**

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 62919

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> Does anyone else feel that Harry's acceptance of Sirius' death is 
way out of character for him? I mean Harry's nothing if not curious 
and questioning, yet at no point does he ask what the arch thing is, 
or what it does, or how it works, or how they definately know beyond  
doubt that Sirius is dead. Sirius simply falls through a veil, theres 
no sign of violence and yet just because he doesn't come back and  
Lupin says so Harry immediately accepts he's dead and runs after the 
death eater. Surely if Harry's learnt anything at Hogwarts it's that 
nothing is as it first seems. And surely he would have at least 
thought of these questions later, if he had time to think of 
approaching Sir Nick?>

First, the scene where Sirius died happened very quickly (was anyone 
else reading as fast as they could?). At that moment, as Harry was 
also fighting for his own life, there was no time to stop, look 
around and say "Hey - can someone tell me what just happened to 
Sirius?"  Survival instinct kicked in first, as it should have.

I don't think Harry is accepting of Sirius's death, though.  I think 
he desperately wants to find a way to communicate again with his 
godfather.  This also happened at the end of the book - I'm glad JKR 
didn't choose to waste pages on Harry trying to discover exactly what 
happened.  Harry's emotional response while destroying Dumbledore's 
office was enough (and boy, was I crying).  I am also sure that we 
will continue to see Harry struggling with the loss of Sirius later 
on.  

As far as the veil goes, I see it as something we'll get to find out 
more about in book 6. I sure as hell don't understand it.

--jenny from ravenclaw ********************************************