OOP:A Hypothesis on the Two-Way Mirror

[Rebecca M]

No: HPFGUIDX 65113

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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pan_donkey" 
<mac at d...> wrote:


> > 
> > What surprised me most about Harry's discovery of Sirius's 
mirror is that he 
> didn't 
> > seem at all upset by the fact that this little object would have 
saved Sirius's 
> life. If 
> > Harry had known what was in the package, or had turned to it 
when he 
> thought Sirius 
> > had been captured, he could have found out right away that 
Sirius was fine. 
> It seemed 
> > odd that the thought didn't even cross his mind. Am I missing 
something?
> > 
> > -Pan
> 
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "norwoodpa" 
<norwoodpa at a...> replied:

> I 'm convinced that you absolutely have NOT missed 
something and that is 
> why I think this broken mirror is extremely important.
> 

[snip]
> But my opinion aside, she's gone to great lengths for Harry to 
have this mirror. 
> I don't think its sole function is one destructive expression of 
grief and 
> frustration.

Well, I'm not sure that the broken pieces matter -- but I do think 
that his finding it and *not* putting two and two together that he 
caused Sirius's death through his neglect of opening the 
package earlier is important.

I suggest that the moment he does put two and two together and 
figures out that he could have prevented the death very easily will 
be a critical moment in either book 6 or book 7.

Rebecca