Symbolism of Invisibility Cloak WAS: Re: a whole lot of parts

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No: HPFGUIDX 185292

Alla:
<< I still feel that I am missing something about appeal of the 
cloak. >>

Catlady:
<SNIP>
The moral of Ignotus's Cloak is nearly opposite to the intended moral
of the Potter books.

The moral of Ignotus's Cloak is to keep your head down and stay out of
trouble in order to have a long and safe life. But what Rowling
admires is courage, and people who risk themselves to protect others.
<SNIP>

Alla:

But see, this is part of what confuses me about the symbolism of the 
Cloak and it is supposed attractiveness. **Is it** the moral of the 
cloak indeed? I mean, it is what you said, Rowling admires courage, 
so I am not sure that she would have wanted to set up the most 
admired brother of the tale as coward, if it makes sense.

Maybe she wanted to say after all that the reckless courage is a bad 
thing, or that courage to meet death, but only when your time comes 
is the highest courage of all?

If this is what she wanted to say, I do not know if I can ever 
understand that, because while I will surely be afraid of waiting for 
death, I never felt particularly afraid of the moment of dying (that 
does not mean of course that I **want** to die before my time), just 
that I never understand what is so courageous in the not being afraid 
to die when your time is there, meaning when you are old and lived a 
full life, etc.

Wierd, as I said, I truly believe I am missing something in the 
symbolism of the IC.

JMO,

Alla