OoP: What was the Point of this Death?

[katiecannon2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 63274

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Renee Daniels" <Calimora at y...> 
wrote:
>At the same time, DD's 'here's a hint, go save the day' approach to 
> Harry's involvment helped build his 'Hero Complex.' I mean, what 
> reason is there in PoA for DD not to have taken the Time-Turner, 
gone 
> back, and saved Sirius himself? The thing that's missing in this 
case 
> is Dumbledore's 'hint' because DD isn't talking to him. Harry 
however 
> knows from past experence that its his job to save the day, 

Except, unlike all the other books, it isn't *just* *Harry* who saves 
the day here.  What I liked about OoP most was the lack of the 
formula: Harry Alone knows the problem; Harry Alone leaves 
Ron/Hermione and Save The Day.  Given the major, major angst HP was 
feeling, without end, throughout the book, it *should* have made a 
major impression on him that Ron, Hermione, even Ginny Neville and 
Luna refused to leave him alone when he *had* to go save Sirius.

Not to mention, unlike PS/SS, CoS, and GoF and even PoA (if you count 
the scene with the Patronius "saving the day"), here some actual 
Adult Wizards show up to help.  Loved it!!  Perfect response to the 
adolescent "didn't I do this, didn't I do that" that I felt from HP 
all through this book.