Themes in OotP (was Re: Angry Harry in HBP?)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 119887


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:

> 
> SSSusan:
> But I'm not talking just about, or even primarily about, 
emotional  support.  That, too, if it's in the giver's nature -- but 
also just  SOME vital information & answers and providing a 
*presence* in  Harry's life.  

> 
> And Mrs. Figg?  Did he know anything about her role at the time 
he  refused tea?  [I don't recall the timing of the offer.]  Again,
I'm 
 not talking about *just* someone to have tea with.  I'm talking 
about  someone HE really cares about, carving time out to listen 
to him and  tell him SOME key stuff, even if they couldn't tell him 
all, rather  than avoiding him or averting eyes and evading 
questions. <

Pippin:
Mrs. Figg wasn't an old friend, true. But she could have told Harry 
that the Order was keeping watch and couldn't let him know 
more directly because the Ministry would just love to catch them 
doing magic in front of Muggles. She could have told him that a 
safe place was being prepared and that he'd be sent for once it 
was ready.


After the Arthur attack there's a problem. They don't want to let 
Voldemort know how much they know, and Dumbledore has 
already spotted him looking out through Harry's eyes.  
Dumbledore can't be sure Voldemort won't be able to read other 
people's minds through Harry's eyes, and only Snape can block 
him.

Pippin