Harry n Easter Egg

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Adi <theadimail at y...> wrote:
> I just wanted to ask why Harry feels so emotional when Ginny 
> hands him the easter egg sent my Mrs.Weasley in Book5?


I think it could mean a lot of things, but when I first read that scene, I  
thought that Harry might be getting upset because in a weird "subconscious  
trigger" sort of way that the chocolate egg might have subconsciously reminded  
him of the Tournament where *Cedric* helps him figure out how to listen to the  
message in the golden egg, and of course, any memory of Cedric, even a  
subconscious one, could bring up all kinds of horrible feelings of sadness,  since Harry is definitely tormented by nightmares and guilt and depression over what happened to Cedric.  
 
I had an acting teacher once who taught us how to find emotional triggers  in 
the little details of our memories.  So for example, the smell of carnations 
brings up feelings of sadness with me because my first strong memory  of 
smelling carnations was at the wake and later the funeral of a very close  family member.  Hearing certain songs will make me feel happy and nostalgic  because I will immediately remember hearing these songs when I was spending time with friends around the town swimming pool when I was a kid.
 
Everybody has these weird little triggers.  I definitely could be totally 
wrong, but I think it's possible that JKR made the egg an emotional trigger for Harry in that scene.
 
Thanks,
 
DJ