Sirius and Snape parallels again - Sirius' death (LONG)

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 185089

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> 
wrote:
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> 
> Pippin:
> Nope. We don't have to imagine. We know how Sirius reacted when 
one of
> his friends *wouldn't* march placidly off to death at the hands of 
LV.
> 
> "You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me,
> Sirius."
> "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY
> YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" --PoA ch 19
> 
> You see, Sirius doesn't think  it's asking too much to expect a 
man to
>  die for his friends. It's more like...a privilege. D'Artagnan 
would
> understand -- life is good, but death by disease or in the 
feebleness
> of age is not so desirable that it's worth deserting your friends 
for.
> Indeed, Sirius truly loves and wants what's best for Harry, but 
fact
> is, he didn't invite Harry to come share his tropical hideout when 
he
> heard that Harry's scar was hurting again. Instead he rushed back 
to
> share his peril.

Leah: Slightly different circumstances here, I think. I'm sure if 
Snape had been one of Pettigrew's friends he would have said much 
the same; both he and Sirius do die for their friends or their 
friends' sons.  But when Snape hears that 'the boy must die', his 
immediate reaction is that Dumbledore has been raising Harry 'like a 
pig for slaughter'.  I don't think that's all down to Dumbledore's 
betrayal of Snape, I think there's some genuine moral repugnance 
there. What Dumbledore is doing with Harry is morally repugant, even 
though it may be the only thing to do.  And Sirius is more attached 
to Harry personally (or the James in Harry) than Snape is. I don't 
actually see Sirius taking Harry off to Barbados, but I could see an 
extremely difficult, noisy, unpleasant reaction for Dumbledore to 
deal with, and I can see why that is not in his interests.

Leah