Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel)/Tear Jerker

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Tear Jerkers in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel) include:

  • Dumbledore's funeral.
  • Dumbledore throughout all of the scene in the cave, if you have read 'Deathly Hallows.
  • When Harry sees Dumbledore's body on the grass next to the tower. It was bad enough seeing that Snape actually killed Dumbledore, but the fight scene distracts you from that until Harry pushes through the crowd around Dumbledore's body. Then there's the bit with the fake locket.
  • When Slughorn finally gives Harry his memory. His sad declaration that he's not proud of what he did, and the way he tremulously asks Harry not to think too badly of him after he sees it touchingly and completely removes all ill will we might feel towards the poor guy.
  • When recruiting Slughorn to work at Hogwarts, Dumbledore told Harry that he wouldn't need to worry about being attacked, because "You (Harry) are with me (Dumbledore)". At the end of the book, after Dumbledore took all of the potion to get the fake Horcrux, Harry is helping Dumbledore get out of the cave, leading to this exchange:

"It's going to be all right, sir," Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore's silence than he had been by his weakened voice. "We're nearly there.... I can Apparate us both back.... Don't worry...."
"I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."

  • Snape's "Don't call me coward!" in becomes this when you realize how much he went through just to get to that moment.
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