Sirius's death, Predictions for next book

[greatlit2003]

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Hello.

I initially thought that Sirius's death lacked the emotional impact 
that Cedric's did. For me, reading about Cedric dying was so 
shocking. It felt like I had been there, celebrating with Harry as 
he won the Triwizard tournament, and then suddenly, a boy lay dead. 
I could understand JKR's purpose in Cedric's death: establishing the 
mindless violence of Voldemort and his henchmen.

Sirius's death was different. It was obviously created just so that 
Harry can have a new grieving process, which I thought was 
pointless, because Harry has suffered enough already.

But then I thought, maybe Sirius's death is not meant to put Harry 
into an even deeper pit of misery. Perhaps it will have the opposite 
effect on him: show him what is really important in life, and work 
to preserve those things.

Harry is already changing by the end of OOP. He no longer cares that 
Cho is with someone else. He knows that "fame is a fickle friend" 
(quoting Lockhart :) ) He is more calm. Of course, he might still 
cry and have nightmares, but in general, I don't think he will be 
the angry, frustrated boy we saw in OOP. 
 Here are my predictions for the next book:

1. I think Harry will use the books that Sirius and Lupin gave him 
to teach others, and make Dumbledore's Army into a mini-Order of the 
Phoenix. 

2. It might be important that both Sirius and Lupin gave those books 
to Harry. Perhaps this indicates that Harry will move from Sirius to 
Lupin. It's sad, but Harry might find a sort of replacement for 
Sirius in Lupin. I always thought that Harry had more in common with 
Lupin than either James or Sirius. They're both sensitive, 
outcastes, smart but not arrogant, etc.

3. JKR said that someone unexpected will be teacher at Hogwarts at 
the end of Book 7. I remember reading that somewhere, but I don't 
have the interview. Could this teacher be Harry? Who would be more 
qualified to teach DADA after he kills V-mort?

thanks for reading all my babbling. any thoughts about this?

greatlit2003