[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius' death (Was Dept of Mysteries)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 115112

> Mac asked: 
> But why is there a whole book devoted to Sirius? (PoA) What
> was the purpose of this book? Was it just to achieve Pettigrew 
> being outed  as scabbers, have him escape and, moreover, in 
> wizard's debt to HP? <snip>


The book wasn't devoted to Sirius.  And yes, I do think that the
whole purpose of the book was to bring the backstory to the fore and
let us see who was the real traitor and to imply that certain actions
of the past were going to have significant ramifications in the
present.

Having achieved his purpose of being a darn good red herring for most
of POA, Sirius relapsed into near insignificance in GoF and OOTP. 
His subsequent importance lay in his holding out to Harry the option
of a life away from the Dursleys and a better future, but that was
pretty minimal in terms of plot development (as opposed to character
development) but I believe Sirius died because plot-wise JKR had no
further use for him.

Magda

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