the photo (was:Lily and James, a hpappy couple?)

[liz]

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on 9/10/03 10:19 pm, slgazit at slgazit at sbcglobal.net wrote:

> I think that JKR's had several things in mind when she had Peter sit
> between James and Lily in the photo...<snip>
> 
> For the readers this is also meant to convey how much Lily and James
> trusted Peter and viewed him as part of their family, moreso even
> than Lupin and Sirius. It is possible that this subtly indicates that
> while Sirius and James (seated side by side? don't have the book with
> me) were best friends, Lily probably was more friendly with Peter
> than with the other two.

It also seems to emphasise the estrangement of Lupin from the others -
James, Lily, Peter and Sirius are all sitting together and he is on the
other side of the photograph, well away from his best friends.

The photo seemed to be designed for maximum awfulness - the betrayer seated
right between James and Lily, all the dreadful fates of the members of the
Order. I got the feeling Moody showed it to Harry not really as a treat but
rather to kind of see how tough he is, especially as he watches Harry's
reaction with his magic eye all the way upstairs.

This is my first post, by the way. I've been lurking for about a month and
finally decided to say hello!

Liz