My Review of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

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 "Child Of Midian" <md at ...> wrote:

> Hermione mentioning it in class on Harry's
> first day at Hogwarts 6 years earlier is not
> enough to make me think "hey, Harry should
> remember the beazor from six years ago 

If first years are expected to know about Beazors it's not unreasonable to expect Harry, a sixth year, to know too.

> My thing with Slughorn is that that I didn't
> hear Harry saying "get madam Pomfrey!" or
> "Get help! Quick!" 

Harry did say "Professor do something!" both in the book and the movie. Slughorn however did nothing, not because he was a bad person but because he was paralyzed with panic. Harry however is always at his best and his mind the clearest is such situations. He quickly realized that Slughorn would be no help at all and further conversation with him would be pointless and only distract him from doing what needed to be done.

> Or even, "Professor! Do you have a beazor?"  

The man was the Potions Master of Hogwarts; of course he had a Beazor!

> Harry SHOULD NOT trust or listen to Snape.

But even at that late date the very ill Dumbledore told Harry that only Snape can help him, and when Snape shows up he gestures to Harry to be quiet, which is just what somebody who planed to attack the Death Eaters and save Dumbledore would do. I've read the book but if I hadn't I would have been taken in by the movie Snape too.

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