Harry's bed (was Re: A sandwich)

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 178663

I have no issue with Harry expecting his bed to still be available. 
Savior of the world, most selfless man alive and all that he is - he's
still 17 and that's the sort of adolescent logic that he has.  

(And even Harry acknowledges that adolescent logic when he realizes
that for all their work in planning how to get into the Ministry, they
never really thought about what would happen once they got inside.)

I also agree that too much is being made in interpreting the sentence
regarding Harry's bed and sandwich.  Which is why, a jillion posts
ago, I argued that the phrase says what it says - Harry wants Kreacher
to bring him a sandwich - and is not some treatise on Harry's feelings
about Kreacher's feelings or an internal debate as to whether to make
his own sandwich or not. 

Harry wants Kreacher to make him a sandwich. 

My dislike of this particular sentence is that as the very last line
of an epic series, "Harry wants a sandwich" is a bit prosaic.  On one
level it works because again, although he is the savior of the
wizarding world, he's still just Harry, the sort of kid who wants a
sandwich and a nap.  I have no problem with that thought being Harry's
last thought in the story. 

But as the last thought JKR leaves to her reader (in the story proper
of course, not counting the epilogue), it's a bit of a clunker. 

"All was well" for all the abuse it's taken among the fandom, was at
least the sort of phrase that acts as an all-encompassing commentary
on the series. 

"Harry wants a sandwich" only led me to expect another chapter to
start on the following page - one that begins with Harry waking up
fully rested and fed and ready to begin the mourning/rebuilding process. 

va32h