Harry's grief (was: Dumbledore the General)

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Alla:
Eh? Dumbledore left a traumatised boy alone during whole summer 
after GoF and completely closed any channels of information for him.<
 
Betsy:
But Harry seemed more angry at being kept out of the loop than 
anything else.  Yes, the events at the end of GoF still affected 
him, but especially if you compare Harry to say, Cho, Harry seems to 
be in a healthier mindset.  


Alla:

NO, Harry was not in a healthy mindset at all. He is still having 
nightmares of the Graveyard during the summer and dealing with it 
all on his own. I am again thinking about no psychological help 
whatsoever in WW.

"I heard you last night," said Dudley breathlessly. "Talking in your 
sleep. Moaning.
What do you mean?" Harry said again, but there was a cold, plunging 
sensation in his stomach. He had revisited the graveyard last night 
in his dreams.
Dudley gave a harsh bark of laughter  then adopted a high - 
pitched,whimpering voice. "Don't kill Cedric! Don't kil Cedric!" Who 
is Cedric - your boyfriend?" - OOP, paperback, p.15.





Alla: 
At the end of OOP, Dumbledore pulled as Renee said "blame the victim 
act" and gave Harry a lecture about how badly Sirius treated 
Kreacher. ( Die, Kreacher, die now. :)) I call Dumbledore's handling 
of Harry's grief " in very poor taste" at best.
 
Betsy:

snip.
As to the Kreacher thing.  Harry was looking around for a 
scapegoat.  Dumbledore, I think, was making sure Harry could not put 
Kreacher in that role.  That was incredibly important because 
Dumbledore was correct, Kreacher was what wizards had made him.  
Yes, the polite thing is to not speak ill of the dead, but 
Dumbledore had to make sure that Harry didn't take the easy way out 
and put all the blame on Kreacher.

Alla:

As far as I am concerned that was not the time and the place for the 
lecture. Simple "I am sorry for your loss" would have been in much 
better taste.


Just my opinion,

Alla