JKR's dealing with emotions - Talking about Death

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 147516

Kemper:
> But a question to those who've expressed similar losses at similar 
ages:  isn't
> Harry supposed to have this great depth of Love, more so than any 
other
> Witch or Wizard and presumably much more then any of us Muggles and 
Squibs.
> I don't mean to discount anyone's loss.  I, too, have suffered.  
But Harry
> is not one of us, he's not an Everyman (Ron is), Harry is a Hero.  
With so
> much Love, you'd think Harry would experience loss to a heightened 
degree.

Ceridwen:
He does.  Harry feels a heightened loss compared to mine at the same 
age because I had nearly sixteen years of being with my father.  
Harry only knew Sirius for a couple of years.  During more than half 
of the first year, he believed that Sirius betrayed his parents and 
was out to get him, too.  Then he didn't see much of Sirius, so he 
really didn't have an actual, personal relationship with him other 
than the one he planned on for the future.  He liked Sirius, he was 
attatched to him, but he did not have his entire life of knowing him.

Now, maybe the newness of the relationship caused the deeper grief.  
Harry had made plans, imagined all sorts of things of a father-son 
nature with Sirius.  As an orphan who had never known this sort of 
relationship, his idealism may be showing.  Also, the relationship is 
*supposed* to be more than it really was.  Again, expectations, which 
he didn't have for Cedric.

Or, it could be the sense of connection with his father, a 
living 'artifact' of his parents, a human Pensieve or a movie player 
who could tell him things and make him feel them, about his parents.  
Someone who knew them, who was a link to them, as well as having been 
chosen by his parents to take their place should anything happen to 
them.  Their Chosen One.  Which is understandable for a child who has 
not known his parents.  More idealism.

But, he shows deep concern for others that seems, at least, to leave 
some scratching their heads.  Like Cedric, for one.  A rival in both 
sport and love, a boy he hardly knew for more than a few months.  Yet 
he grieves as if this was his life-long friend.  A lot of people have 
explained it, but I do believe that this is also a demonstration of 
Harry's giving heart and the strength of his positive nature (love).

So, IMO, Harry does show a greater depth of feeling for others.  Not 
just Sirius, but Cedric, too.

Ceridwen.