What's Sirius There For?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 83797

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" 
<entropymail at y...> wrote:
> Sirius is gone after three books, and I'm still at a loss as to 
what
> he was ever doing there in the first place.  I used to think that
> Harry would end up living with Sirius, but now that he's dead, I 
think
> there's not much chance of that happening.
> 
> So, this begs the question: what the heck was he there for in 
the first place? 

In the King Arthur legends, Lancelot goes after the Holy Grail and 
never gets it, so one could ask, what was the point of sending 
him after it? But even thought Lancelot's story is 90% jousting 
and battles and Guenevere, his longing to be a spiritual person 
is the key to understanding his character and his ultimate fate. If 
Lancelot hadn't gone after the Grail and failed to achieve it, we 
wouldn't understand why in the end he is willing to give up all 
worldly things and become a monk. 

We don't know what Harry's ultimate fate is going to be, but 
through the loss of Sirius we learn that Harry's longing  to be part 
of an intact family is more powerful even than his desire to be a 
great wizard or defeat Voldemort. 

IMO,  as Lancelot learned that he, or any  medieval Christian,  
could become a  spiritual person without a miraculous object, so  
Harry will learn that  he, or any orphan,  can replace  his lost 
family by growing  up and making a new family of his own.

Pippin