[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR's dealing with emotions /Harry's grief over Sirius - realistic or not?

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 147396


On Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 07:09 PM, lupinlore wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
> <dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
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> > In short, could you elaborate on why do you think the other scenes
> > of Harry's grief were poorly handled?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alla
>
>
> I would say those are not examples of JKR dealing with Harry's grief.  
> Rather they are throwaway lines here and there, almost as if she was 
> thinking "oh, yeah, I better say something or another about Sirius 
> here."  I don't see any real evidence that Sirius' death has really 
> affected Harry or anybody else very much or very deeply, or that JKR 
> has tried very hard to integrate the complex emotional issues she 
> presented in OOTP into the further story of Harry.  Rather, she dusted 
> off her hands, shoved them under the rug, and got on with the plot. 
>
> Harry was furious with Kreacher at the end of OOTP.  Three weeks 
> later, he becomes Kreacher's master and his response is "uhhhh, 
> okay."  Harry was angry and furious with Dumbledore at the end of 
> OOTP.  At the beginning of HBP all those emotions are completely 
> forgotten and the issues shoved firmly under the rug.  Harry was 
> deeply distraught over Cedric's death, but he loses his father-figure 
> and three weeks later its "I'm not going to grieve for his sake, now 
> let's go get Voldemort!"  Oh, please, eaaaaaaasy stomach, easy their 
> boy.
>
> Lupinlore
>

Well, obviously nothing anyone says is going to enlighten you on this 
score. None of these instances is are throw away lines. For some reason 
you wanted to be told about Harry's grief rather than shown it. I know 
for me that would have been MUCH more "please, eeeeasy stomach". Like 
some second rate mellerdrama to be put on a summer stage and throw 
popcorn at. I guess I prefer subtly to spectacle in this case.

kchuplis