[HPforGrownups] Sirius as Father Figure (was:Re: How Sirius' death suits Dumbledore?...)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 130637

--- horridporrid03 <horridporrid03 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I still doubt that Dumbledore is either relieved or chortling over 
> how well his plan came together regarding Sirius' death.  But I do 
> think that his influence, especially as the book went on, was not a
> good one for Harry.  In the end Harry was acting more like a parent
> towards Sirius than Sirius was towards Harry.  That's never a good 
> situation for a child to find themselves in, and for someone under 
> as much stress as Harry is, it's got disaster written all over it. 
> And seeing how it all ended with Sirius' death, I'd say the
> disaster  occured. 

Harry was rapidly outgrowing Sirius, who'd always been the embodiment
of a wonderful post-Hogwarts, non-Dursley future rather than an
active part of the present for Harry.  Harry wants Sirius to stay
safe so they can have a future together; it's what Harry is looking
forward to and most wants.  There's a lot of canon evidence that he
found the present Sirius hard to approach.  

In OOTP he stays with Mrs. Weasley de-doxying drapes rather than glom
onto his godfather, he rarely has any private time with him without
Ron and Hermione being there, and I can think of only one time when
he and Sirius actually had quality time together: in GOF when he
tells Sirius about fighting with Ron and the dragon task as they floo
in the fireplace together.  

Sirius' death means that Harry has had this wonderful future snatched
away and his options have narrowed again to (apparently) kill or be
killed by Voldemort.  Voldemort is responsible for Harry's lack of
choices and options in his life, the removal of all other possible
outcomes.  It heightens the dramatic tension leading up to the Final
Confrontation.

Harry was closest to Sirius the farther away the actual man was and
the harder the man was to talk to.  Harry's struggles to communicate
with his godfather were most impressive until you consider that when
he was in the same house with him Harry seemed to prefer to do almost
anything else except talk to him.

Magda

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