The importance of death /Harry and Cedric

[susanbones2003]

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> Ceridwen:
> And, as someone else pointed out, this was his first remembered 
> exposure to a dead body; Cedric was near Harry's age; Harry was 
> already emotionally on the edge as Sherry points out; somebody else 
> mentions that he also has to bring the body back to the Diggorys 
> which will be emotional in itself as he feels their grief; Cedric 
> isn't as close as Sirius, so the profanity of sharing the loss will 
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> Ceridwen.
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I have been reading this thread and wanting to add that when you are 
young and you experience a death of a classmate or another young 
person, sometimes it is more of a shocking realization that YES, 
people can die. I know Harry had lost his parents but he couldn't 
remember it. Cedric's death was real in the sense that he knew and 
liked Ced, but as many have said they weren't close. Still, the shock 
of his death hit Harry not perhaps for the sake of Cedric but in the 
way that terrible things hit kids. It was more about Harry at that 
point. Sirius, sadly enough, was the real deal. The heart-breaking 
loss kind of deal. I have just started reading HBP again and I do see 
Harry fighting to avoid thinking about Sirius, fighting anyone 
mentioning him. Then when Dumbledore talks to him in the Weasley's 
shed, it was extremely difficult for Harry. His eyes stung. He 
couldn't speak. He didn't want to face the loss of Sirius. So whoever 
has said that Sirius was a non-issue needs to read further. Life does 
go on and perhaps, mercifully, Harry doesn't dwell on the death 
constantly, but its effect is there, and can be felt. Harry said it 
best when he said Sirius wouldn't want him to crack up. And he tries 
his best not to. 
Jen D.