How Close Are Harry and Lupin?

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 96893

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Meredith" <msmerymac at y...> 
wrote:
> Finwitch said:
>  
> > Behind the Veil is the place where Members of the Werewolf 
Society 
> > transform. Lupin is a member so he knows the secret. Any normal 
> human 
> > inside would, of course, be killed during Full Moon.
> > 
> > To protect the secret, only the Members can open the way out. 
Every 
> > member, how ever, is under a pact not to reveal that secret to 
> anyone.
> > 
> 
> 
> Luckie:
> 
> Yes, but let's not forget JKR's play with words, allusions and the 
> like. In ancient cultures, mythology and writing, and even up until 
> recent centuries, the veil is an analogy for death. The Greek 
> word "Apocolypse" actually means "Beyond/behind the veil." To us, 
> Apocolypse means the end of "our" world as we know it, and perhaps 
> the start of another world. 
> 
> Also, why would Lupin tell Harry that Sirius was gone? He might 
have 
> reassured him a bit, but it appears he knew that the veil = death 
and 
> did not want to give Harry false hope. 
> 
> I am still wondering, though, how Lupin knew exactly what the veil 
> was. Perhaps between the fall of Voldemort and his term as DADA 
> teacher he worked in the department of mysteries, until the others 
> found out his secret? I'm interested to find out more about our 
adult 
> characters in that in-between decade.
> 
> ~ Luckie

Just as an aside, DD refered to the room as the Death Chamber.  I 
think if it had a different purpose it would have had a different 
name or at least a more ambiguous one.

Sue (Suehpfan, as someone else is also using just plain old Sue)