Who is the boy?/ Harry's Funeral

[grace701]

No: HPFGUIDX 54186

Nobody's Rib wrote: 
> How about this:  The book opens with a third person description (no 
> mention of Harry) of a group of people (perhaps including Hermione, 
> Ron, Dumbledore, Sirius, etc.) standing huddled in a circle on the 
> front lawn of the Dursely house.  They are standing tightly 
> together,  so we can't see what they are standing around.  They 
> look sad,  Hermione is crying, and they exchange murmured phrases.  
> One by one they disperse... and... "The only person left outside 
> was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed 
> outside number four."   <Gasp!>  Harry's eyes flash open as this 
> image wakes him from sleeping, and he tries to shake off the 
> dream/nightmare he's been having for the last month; there are   
> different variations of it (location, people in it), but it always 
> ends the same way, with his funeral.
> 
> Considering GoF ended with Harry having his most extreme Voldemort 
> encounter and also watching a friend die, I don't think it would be 
> a stretch for him to have nightmares about it.  This also sets up 
> Harry to be in a situation where he can replay the events (for plot 
> recap, and to show us how he's been emotionally dealing with the 
> events), as well as showing that Harry's been thinking about 
> death.  (Didn't JKR say that Harry was going to be examining death 
> in a new way?  Makes sense to me that part of this theme could be  
> established early on.)
> 
> Just a thought.
> 


That's very interesting.  I always thought it was July 24th and he'd 
be laying on the flowerbed recalling everything that happened.  But 
this whole dream theory you have is very good.  It makes sense 
because how can Harry *not* be traumatized about what happened and 
not be worried about his own life. Even if he finally opened up to 
Ron and Hermione about what happened that night, it doesn't mean he 
is over the situation.  He may get depressed while at the Dursley's, 
which I'm surprised he hasn't before, and because he is far away from 
his friends they are not able to help him cope with his depression nd 
guilt.

BTW, has anyone noticed that poor Harry has never been told that he 
is loved by someone and that he himself hasn't told anyone he loves 
them.  The day that happens I won't have enough tissue in my tissue 
box.  (Hope it's Hermione! :p) 

Greicy, with my usual sneaky H/H comments!