This moment

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 175256

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
> 
> Is there a moment in DH where you really identify with a 
character, or the character's situation? It doesn't even have to be 
a character you generally identify with---just a moment that 
particularly speaks to you.

<<SNIP>>

***Katie:
A light-hearted thread! Fantastical!! : )

There are two moments that jump out at me, and since I am at work 
and do not have my book, forgive me lack of quotes and stuff!

1 - I really identified with all three kids when Ron left. I could 
really understand Ron's frustration, fear, and anger. I could also 
really understand the misery he created in Hermione and Harry when 
he left. That was a vary real moment for me, and I remembered what 
it felt like to have that intensity of friendship that you have in 
high school, and how heartbreaking it can be for all those involved. 

2 - I also really loved Harry's burial of Dobby. As someone who has 
lost many loved ones, including friends, I was so affected by 
Harry's grief in that scene. It really got me. His digging of the 
grave with his own two hands, instead of magically, was such a Harry 
kind of thing to do, and it made me love him even more. I also felt 
Harry understood, for the first time, that Dobby wasn't a joke or a 
pet, but a brave and loyal friend. It was just a beautifully written 
scene, and one of my favorites in the whole series. 


I have more, but I should probably get back to work! :) Cheers, Katie