Did Harry ever shed tears ? Phoenix animagus perhaps ?

[njelliot2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 80577

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, eowynn_24 <eowynn_24 at y...> 
wrote:
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> Kewpie <kewpiebb99 at y...> wrote: 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "samnanya" <yswahl at s...> wrote:
> > My pensieve sprung a leak and a couple of stray thoughts snuck  out ...
> > 
> > Does anyone remember an instance where Harry actually shed tears in 
> > any of the books ? Even DD did, but no memory of Harry doing so.
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> Yes of course he did, at least twice as far as I remember.
> We see Harry shed tears way back in Book One. It was right after 
> Dumbledore told him that it was Lily's love that saved his life.
> (US paperback P. 299) "Dumbledore now became very interested in a 
> bird out on the windowsill, which gave Harry time to dry his eyes on 
> the sheet."
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> Then in OOtP, US P. 856, after Harry alienated himself from others 
> and sat by the lake thinking about Sirius: "The sun had fallen before 
> he realized that he was cold. He got up and returned to the castle, 
> wiping his face on his sleeve as he went. "
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> Eowynn:
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> There is one more that I can remember. I don't have book right now 
to give you page references. It is when Lupin is teaching harry the 
patronus charm. Lupin had been distracted by something or other and 
harry bent low pretending he was tying his shoe, and dried his tears.


 
What I would like to know is why JKR is so circumspect about Harry 
having a cry. I suppose she's made Harry too stoic to cry in front 
of others, if he can help it, but why does she have to keep her 
faithful readers at arms length? When he was by the lake in OoP, how 
hard did he cry? How long? Did he make any noise? Did he feel 
foolish, or better for it? I feel cheated for not having these 
details. I think we get too much of Harry's agony, misery and pain. 
What about a bit of contrast? 

This is OT I know, but I feel similarly cheated by Harry's first 
kiss. "She was much too close. He could see every tear clinging to 
her eyelashes 
" (OoP pg 403). Pathetic!

Nicholas, who wants more juicy detail!