Harry n Easter Egg

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 108511

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Justine74 at a... wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

DJ:
> 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.  
> 

Annemehr:
I never thought of the egg connection with Cedric, good one!  Another
thing is that this happens right after "Snape's Worst Memory," and the
chocolate Easter egg is decorated with little iced Snitches -- just
what his father had been playing with in the Pensieve memory. So,
Harry's hit with a double-whammy in addition to being just depressed
in general.

Annemehr