OOP: Disappointing

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 66180

> ------ In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Phyllis" 
> <erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
RE: Disappointing aspects of OOP
> Phyllis: 
> > 3.	Sirius' Death:  Several things bothered me here.  The first 
> > was the way he died – taunting his cousin.  How arrogant is 
that?  
> > Couldn't he have died a more noble death – in the midst of a 
> proper 
> > duel, perhaps?
> 
> Annemehr:
> This wasn't noble, because he merely taunted Bellatrix?  He put 
> himself in great danger because he found out his godson had been 
> lured into a trap!  So what if he taunted her; maybe he was just 
> trying to get her angry so she would make mistakes.  No, to me this 
> just shows how suddenly death can take you.
>
Jennifer writes:
What about death is noble? This abrupt pull-the-rug-out-from-under-
you kind of death was so much more effective. Sirius never planned to 
go to the MoM and die. He thought he had the situation well in hand 
otherwise he wouldn't have taunted Bella. It seems this book was very 
effective in making people realize they had put all kinds of 
expectations on JKR and thankfully, she wasn't about to worry over 
meeting them.
J