Chapter 14 Summarization

[Trina]

No: HPFGUIDX 3350

The Unforgivable Curses

In which Harry, Ron, Hermione & the rest of the Gryffindors have 
their 1st DADA class with Mad-Eye Moody.

Moody starts out the class by telling them to put away their books 
since they won't be needing them and that he has only one year to 
teach them how to deal with the DA's, since he is here as a special 
favor to Dumbledore.  Then he jumps right into Curses. More 
specifically the illegal Unforgivable Curses.  The Unforgivable 
Curses are Imperius Curse (total control), the Cruciatus Curse (utter 
pain), and Avada Kedavra (the killing curse). And Moody demonstrates 
all of them in class with spiders as victims.  Neville, who never 
volunteeers any information in class outside of Herbology, actually 
mentions the Cruciatus curse and his reaction to seeing it used on 
the spider is heartwrenching (even before we the audience knows quite 
why). 

After class, Hermione wants to go to Neville, who is looking quite 
shaken by the lesson, but before the trio can say much to him, Moody 
invites him into his office for a cup of tea and lends him "Magical 
Water Plants of the Mediteranean" since he has been told that Neville 
is really good in Herbology.  Harry, too, is shaken by the class, 
after all he sees exactly how his parents died and what he survived.

Harry and Ron begin their Divination homework and after an hour, go 
back to the old Divination standby--make it up, creating all sorts of 
horrible disasters to befall themselves. Hermione comes in and with a 
box full of badges with the acronym S.P.E.W., which she informs Harry 
and Ron stands for Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare. She 
conjoles them to join, and, if only to shut her up, they pay their 2 
Sickles.  

Hedwig arrives with a message from Sirius, who is flying north to be 
near Harry.  He reports he has heard some strange rumors, and tells 
Harry if his scar hurts again to go straight to Dumbledore (do not 
pass Go, do not collect 200 dollars).  Harry's reaction is guilt and 
worry over Sirius, since coming back will place him in danger again.  
When Hermione tries to pacify him, he snaps and storms off to bed.

I'd come up with some class discussion quetions, but it's been a busy 
week and my brain cannot function in such a fashion. 

Trina