Chapter Fifteen: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, voicelady at m... wrote:
> On Mon, 16 October 2000, "Scott " wrote:
> 
> > CHAPTER 15:  Beauxbatons and Durmstrang.
> > 1)Why does Harry feel silly for worrying Sirius with the note.
How does this show his affinity toward his godfather? His Maturity?
His imaturity?
	Harry originally just wanted to know why his scar hurt. He did not 
expect Sirius to come back to help him, and is horrified that his 
godfather might put himself in danger. There is a role reversal here: 
Harry sees it as his job to protect Sirius. 

> > 2)We've already discussed this but why does Moody put Harry under
the imperious curse and paticurally why does he do it more that once?

	 By concentrating on Harry, whom Moody expects to be killed, not 
controlled, Moody avoids having to teach the other students how to 
resist it. We don't know if any students in his other classes were
able to resist or not...if resistance to the curse varies widely, Moody
may have been trying to find out who was susceptible. 
Pippin