[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius' death (was: Dept of Mysteries Veil Room)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 115276


--- elfundeb2 <elfundeb at comcast.net> wrote:

> In order to achieve the unity the Sorting Hat warns is 
> necessary to protect Hogwarts from "external, deadly foes," Harry 
> needs to move beyond Sirius' views.  In OOP the two main 
> representatives of the our-team-vs.-their team POV (Sirius and the 
> Twins) were effectively removed from the equation, Sirius by his 
> death and the Twins by their grand exit from school.  This will 
> allow Harry the figurative space he'll need to become a standard-
> bearer for unity.  
> 
> Debbie

Yes, I'll go along with this.  Harry needed Sirius for a couple of
books - to know that someone was "there" for him (even though
whenever Sirius was "here" for him, he found it stressful) - but he
also needs to get past the quidditch-level us-against-them mentality
of the playing field.  

The past has heavily influenced the past three books, constraining
characters' actions, determining their emotions and feelings - it's
time that the future had a turn too.

Magda

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