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She was quite like Sirius, however, and when the church office needed a fill-in secretary for a week, she volunteered with glee. She was put on oxygen and pretty much told to sit at home and rest until the end of time. Shortly before my grandma passed away in 2009, she was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. I was struck by this exchange because it felt like a conversation I have heard before. He couldnвЂ™ have lived with himself if he hadnвЂ™ gone ter help -вЂќ he was never one ter sit around at home anвЂ™ let other people do the fightinвЂ™.

вЂњNah, I donвЂ™ reckon he did,вЂќ he said quietly. вЂњHe didnвЂ™t want to go at all!вЂќ said Harry angrily. He died in battle, anвЂ™ thatвЂ™s the way heвЂ™dвЂ™ve wanted ter go -вЂќ вЂќ Hagrid leaned toward him across the table, вЂњI knew Sirius longer вЂn you did. It comes to us in the bookвЂ™s final chapter, while Harry is visiting Hagrid: nostalgiaДЄnd, so sorry for continuing this depressed-fest, but there is one last piece of the story I have bookmarked to talk about. But now, in the blink of an eye, all thanks to a terribly-located dual, Sirius was quite actually gone forever. And one by one, Remus watched in horror as his friends disappeared.

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They became family to him, going so far as to become unregistered animagi just to stick close to him at the full moon. Remus Lupin spent most of his life as a total outcast until he went to Hogwarts and met James, Sirius and Peter. It sounded as though every word was causing him pain. Lupin turned away from the archway as he spoke. вЂњHe canвЂ™t come back, Harry,вЂќ said Lupin, his voice breaking as he struggled to contain Harry. This wasnвЂ™t just some stranger-this was his best friendвЂ™s boy and SiriusвЂ™ godson. And that he had to immediately grab Harry to pull him back, declaring to him that Sirius was gone. I had never noticed his reaction to losing Sirius before, had never really considered how he was losing the last of his dearest friends. Lupin, who is definitely my favorite secondary character, absolutely crushed my soul on this reading.

I must say that, as sad as it is to lose any beloved character, the hardest part about this particular loss is not the death itself, but the reaction of Harry and Lupin. It feels really triumphant, too, when the Order members arrive, and then again when Dumbledore storms the scene. Rowling does a wonderful job of eliciting the sense of mystery in every room they encounter, and she showcases well the budding skills of DumbledoreвЂ™s Army. The sequence of Harry being lured to the Ministry, and the ensuing fight between the Death Eaters, the Order, and the young witches and wizards AWOL from Hogwarts is probably in my top 5 favorite in the series.

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MungoвЂ™s to the Department of MysteriesвЂ¦seriously, is there another book in the series with this much going on? No wonder itвЂ™s the longest one! From dementors to the Order members flying with Harry to Grimmauld Place, to that old, dirty house itself, from the Ministry hearing to UmbridgeвЂ™s placement at HogwartsвЂ¦from what lies within the Forbidden Forest to DumbledoreвЂ™s departure. In addition to Umbridge, we get to see loads of action from the start.

вЂњHe has achieved high marks in all Defense Against the Dark Arts tests set by a competent teacher.вЂќ вЂњI should have made my meaning plainer,вЂќ said Professor McGonagall, turning at last to look Umbridge directly in the eyes. вЂњIвЂ™m terribly sorry to contradict you, Minerva, but as you will see from my note, Harry has been achieving very poor results in his classes with me -вЂќ Also, without Umbridge, weвЂ™d have missed an incredible amount of sass from one Minerva McGonagall. ItвЂ™s weird, because I really canвЂ™t stand her, but I enjoy watching her time at Hogwarts unfold. But I donвЂ™t mind her enough to stop reading. Voldemort, on the other handвЂ¦heвЂ™s just scary. SheвЂ™s easy to hate in a really aggressive, annoying way because she is aggressive and annoying. She is terrible all the time, but itвЂ™s in a totally different style than Voldemort. This is because Umbridge acts as a caricature for the most dreadful, annoying people in our lives. I mean, donвЂ™t get me wrong, I despise the woman, and in a lot of ways she is harder to read about than Voldemort himself. I can relate to this, because this is similar to the reason I always dread reading Goblet of Fire. Additionally, a lot of people hate Umbridge so much that they just donвЂ™t want to return to the story because her character gets them so heated. There is near-constant conflict from multiple sources-which can be overwhelming for some. The story line is unique and stands alone to me as the most action-packed in the series (yes, even more-so than Deathly Hallows). Anyway, Order of the Phoenix is my second favorite Harry Potter book.