Chapter Seven - Bagman and Crouch

[plinsenmayer]

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From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Re: Chapter Seven - Bagman and Crouch
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7630] Chapter Seven - Bagman and Crouch
Date: 8/23/00 10:32 am  (ET)

Hi --

I think this is a really humorous chapter. I love the comments of that
old wizard who wanted to wear a muggle nightdress! LOL!

<<<The three friends go shopping for souvenirs. Harry buys each of them
a pair of Omnioculars - therefore dispelling the myth that Harry never
buys anything for his friends. (Which is why Ms. Rowling wrote that
particular passage I think.)>>>

I think JKR wrote this scene as a direct result of people wondering if
Harry was a cheapskate. But, I also think the omnioculars might prove
useful to Harry at some point in the future (just like his Sneak-o-Scope &
the knife that Sirius gave him for Xmas).

A Question I could have raised in any one of the last 2 or 3 chapters:
did anyone else wonder why Ron gets to bring 2 friends to the Quidditch
World Cup (best seats in the house), and none of his siblings have
friends with them? I suppose this might be because the other Weasleys
have only wizarding friends, whereas Hermione is muggle-born and Harry
is living with muggles. Seemed a bit odd for Ginny to not have a friend
with her. Especially since she did not hang around with Ron, Harry &
Hermione. Maybe Lee Jordan (Fred & George's friend) was otherwise
there too.

There's also the notion that the Weasleys have sort of adopted Harry,
and maybe they didn't want to leave muggle-born Hermione out.

Probably just a plot device (not cluttering up the narrative with too
many characters), but I did wonder when I first read it. Ron's not
getting second-hand anything in that case -- he gets to bring his 2
best friends to the match. Maybe Hermione took Mrs. Weasley's seat
(she didn't go at all).

Penny