feelings...nothing more than feelings... (was: Re: Harry's disposition )

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 94927

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly" <ekrbdg at m...> wrote:
>  Joe in SoFla:
> >In a sense, his impetuousness blinded him and because he didn't 
stop 
> >to remember the 2-way mirror, it might be said he contributed to 
> >Sirius' death.
> 
<snip>

Kimberly:
> I think that for me, that clears up the question of "why didn't 
Harry stop and use the mirror ?".     He was determined from first 
receiving the package that he wasn't going to use it.     I still 
think he could have used the mirror but at least that gives me an 
insight as to why he didn't.    It was reckless and impetuous, yes, 
but maybe this can shed some wandlight behind him jumping off and 
running to the MoM the way he did.

Geoff:
Allow me to disagree with you. This topic was discussed a long time 
ago. To save me re-typing, I have pasted below a part reply which I 
wrote in message 73882:

Two reasons. First, from OOTP Chapter 24 where Harry and the others
are leaving to get the Knight Bus:

(Sirius) "I want you to take this, he said quietly,thrusting a badly 
wrapped package ....... into Harry's hands. "What is it?" Harry 
asked. "A way of letting me know .... No, don't open it in 
here...."said Sirius ...... "OK", said Harry, stowing the package 
away ..... but he knew he would never use it .... It would not be 
he,Harry, who lured Sirius from his place of safety,"

(OOTP "Occlumency" p.463 UK edition)

ie HP didn't want to compromise SB's safety. 
So we agree up to there.

Second, from the last chapter:

"Harry ..... noticed a badly wrapped package lying in a corner of it
(his trunk). He could not think what it was doing there ..... He 
realised what it was within seconds. Sirius had given it to him 
inside the front door of number twelve Grimmauld Place."

(OOTP "The Second War BEgins" p.755 UK edition)
            
ie Harry had completely forgotten about it. It had been given at a 
time when everybody was rushing around in ever decreasing circles 
getting ready.