Up until this moment, he had kept his feelings bottled up inside in an extremely unhealthy way, refusing to deal with his grief and the loss of someone he loved-not to mention the fact that he watched Sirius die, only causing further trauma. Harry’s raw pain at Sirius’ death causes him to lash out at Dumbledore. "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.” Harry and Dumbledore, p. His expression was calm, almost detached. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!" “I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace.
The introduction of this moral complexity goes hand in hand with Harry’s maturation and the beginning of the series’ true shift to a darker tone. No one is wholly “good” just as no one is wholly “bad.” Everyone has the capacity to do good or bad deeds, or even morally grey ones. This quote presents an important theme in Order of the Phoenix, that the concept of "good and evil" is not a broad enough representation of the spectrum of morality the world is a complex place filled with complex people. “Yes, but the world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters,” said Sirius with a wry smile. “She’s foul enough to be one,” said Harry darkly and Ron and Hermione nodded vigorously in agreement. “I know by reputation and I’m sure she’s no Death Eater -”
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