JKR and the boys

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 161551

Amiable Dorsai wrote:
<snip> 
> Did you really expect Harry, who would have learned not to cry
before he learned how to read, to do anything other than to suppress
his grief, to sweep it under the rug?  He hasn't "shrugged off"
Sirius' death, he's still suffering from it <snip>
> By the end of the book, he's a ball of rage. <snip>
> 
> I thought it was excellent characterization.

Carol responds:
Not to mention that he's projecting his guilt for his involvement
(however inadvertent) in the death of Sirius Black onto Snape in the
form of rage. He couldn't do that with Cedric, whose death he also
felt guilty about (and relived in nightmares); Snape was not involved
in any way. But even Harry knows, and briefly admits to himself in
HBP, that blaming Snape in this instance is emotionally gratifying. So
it's part stiff upper lip, part repression, and part transferring the
blame onto a scapegoat whom he already hates. And Dumbledore, who
can't explain why he trusts Severus Snape, can't help Harry sort out
these mixed-up emotions. Of course, not having a funeral or even a
memorial service for Black didn't help Harry, either. He hasn't been
given a chance to grieve for his godfather in a normal fashion.

Carol, who thinks that Sirius Black's body will be returned through
the Veil and he'll be given a real funeral in Book 7