The Locket and Mundungus

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 145660

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat4001" <zarleycat at s...>
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> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> 
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> Marianne:
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> I wouldn't be surprised if some of them turn up in Borgin & Burkes.
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> bboyminn: 
> > > I was also very disappoint that Sirius's purge of the house
> > > was soruthless. First many of the object he so uncerimoniously
> > > threw away were valuable, both in cash value and in historic 
> > > value. I suspect at some point Harry will very much regret 
> > > that those objects aren't around as reminders of Sirius and
> > > his family history.
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> Gerry: 
> > I don't think so. Harry was interested in Sirius himself, and
> > Sirius considered his family history and values utter rubbish.
> > I don't think Harry would care about something which was so 
> > unimportant to Sirius himself. Now his motorbike though, that
> > would be different.
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> Marianne:
> I agree with Gerry.  I think Sirius made it quite clear that
> he desired a total disassociation with anything that reminded
> him of his family's past.  And, since Sirius held these objects
> in such low esteeem, they wouldn't represent something of value
> to Harry.  Even when Harry got angry with Dung for stealing the 
> silver goblets in HBP, he cooled down somewhat when he remembered 
> that Sirius didn't care for them. 
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> Marianne
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bboyminn:

I see your point and it is certainly valid, but I'm not sure I agree
completely. History is always being written; today's headlines are
tomorrows history. While Sirius's family may have had an unpleasant
view of what it meant to be a 'Black', Sirius re-wrote that history.
He gave new value and meaning to the 'Black' name.

To Sirius the many objects he purged represented his family and their
dark history, but to Harry, those very objects represent Sirius and
the new values and history he gave to the 'Black' family. 

When Harry sat down to dinner in the Black house, and ate off of
plates and drank from goblets with the Black family crest, he would be
thinking of Sirius's bravery and loyalty, and not of Sirius's 'witch'
of a mother. 

So, while the span of Black family history may be dark, it ended with
a very bright and brave spot. It ended with a new set of values that
gave the name a whole new meaning. It is because of this that those
artifacts would symbolize Sirius to Harry.

Again, how he feels is up to Harry, but I feel the loss of those
artifacts was a great loss indeed.

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn