Chapter 14 Summarization

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 3393

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Trina " <lj2d30 at g...> wrote:
> 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


Is it in this chapter that harry writes to Sirius to say Oh, it 
probably wasn't anything, and Sirius writes back "nice try, Harry!"
see you soon or words to that effect. I loved this exchange, and upon 
reflection, I loved it because it illuminates Sirius and Harry's 
MUTUAL care and concern for each other

Susan