[HPforGrownups] Mothers and Fathers (was: Re: James gave his life, why no protection from him?)

[Jane Starr]

No: HPFGUIDX 107215

--- justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > JES:
> > Actually, I think if you check the book (sorry,
> > don't have GoF handy to quote chapter and page),
> > you will find that it was MRS Diggory who was the 
> > stoic and MR Diggory who was showing his 
> > emotions. 

> Carol adds:
> I remember having the exact same reaction except
> that I don't see her reaction as stoicism. I read 
> it as indicating that her grief was
> beyond expression, too deep for tears. Her only
> child (apparently), only seventeen and gone 
> forever, irreparably lost. It's unbearable, an
> impossible burden for any parent, mother or father.

JES:
Point taken - JKR even says something about Mrs D's
grief being beyond tears when they were visiting Harry
in the hospital wing. I guess I was using stoicism
more to indicate her lack of emotional display, not
that she was trying to repress her natural grief.

> Carol, who will forever suffer the same burden

JES:
My deepest sympathy ... I cannot imagine how I would
bear losing either of my boys...

JES


	
		
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