OOP: Foreshadowing THE death

[aaabrigadier]

No: HPFGUIDX 64778

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "stardreams04" 
<queenofthecampus at h...> wrote:
> Several posts have mentioned instances that in retrospect seem to 
> foreshadow Sirius's death. Well, couldn't his Animagus form almost 
be 
> considered a foreshadowing? Sirius transforms into a Grim, the 
> specter of death. Isn't it ironic that Harry went through the 
> entirety of PoA thinking that Sirius in dog form was an omen of 
his 
> own death, yet Sirius is the first major character to be killed? 
(I 
> don't really consider Cedric major, since he was relatively 
> unimportant to Harry.)
> 
> Also...Sirius's house is located at 12 GRIMmauld Place. 
Coincidence? 
> Not n JKR's world.
> 
> ~stardreams04

That's interesting stuff. I also noticed that Sirius is often 
described as being grim in OotP _ he looks grim, he says things 
grimly, he offers grim smiles. But I can't recall if she uses that 
word liberally with other characters too.