[HPforGrownups] Re: PS/SS vs. CoS: It's A Tie!

[Ladi lyndi]

No: HPFGUIDX 57597


--- Kelly wrote:
> But why
> would he be a ghost if his death
> was that peaceful?  
> 
> I agree that CoS is the book that holds my
> attention the least, but I can
> see where so many little things that still
> don't seem that important to us
> in that book may become extremely important
> later.  It's for these tiny
> things that I keep rereading CoS.

Lynn:

One thing that bothers me about the speculation
that the person's state of mind at death or the
manner of death is what turns them into a ghost
is that very few people die happy or peaceful,
particularly it seems in the wizarding world.  If
that were the case, James and Lily Potter should
be ghosts.  Though a case may be made that it was
over too quickly for James, Lily knew Voldemort
was trying to kill her child and there is no way
she died anywhere near happy.  Bertha Jorkins
should be a ghost.  I doubt she was happy being
tortured by Voldemort so he could break the
Memory Charm.  What about all those people who
died during Voldemort's first reign?  Why aren't
they ghosts as well?  For that matter, why isn't
Cedric?  Yes, he had just won the Tournament but
his death wasn't peaceful and he was apprehensive
right before his death.

I've always wondered if it's more of a life
thing, people happy or satisified in their lives
don't become ghosts whereas people who may be
unhappy or dissatisfied with their lives who end
up being ghosts.  Binns may have died in his
sleep but if he was a lonely man, dissatisfied
with life, he would have become a ghost.  Moaning
Myrtle seems to have just been an unhappy person
overall.  Even Nearly Headless Nick seems never
to be satisfied about something.

I'm really interested in finally finding out why
one person becomes a ghost and others don't.

As to CoS, I agree that there may be very
important things in it, which is why I continue
to read it in sections.  I just can't bring
myself to read the whole thing through.  When I
try I end up falling asleep so it has been very
good for my insominia.  LOL

Lynn

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