GoF Chapter 11 Discussion

Rita Winston catlady at wicca.net
Mon Sep 25 04:25:05 UTC 2000


No: HPFGUIDX 2127

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Bates" <spicoli323 at h...> 
wrote:
> <<Am I making too much of the meeting with Amos pointing towards 
> Cedric's death?>>
> No, not at all.  This scene is important in letting us get to know 
> Amos, as well as in developing his character.  It is interesting to 
> compare his friendly attitude in this scene with the way he acts 
> towards Harry after Harry becomes the fourth champion,

The way Amos acts towards Harry after Harry becomes the fourth 
champion is the same way he acted towards Harry when meeting him 
on the way to Portkey to World Cup. Remember, he was going on about 
Harry is supposed to be such a great Quidditch player but Cedric beat 
him last year. Cedric was embarrassed by his father's behavior and 
tried to shut him up. That reminded us that Cedric wanted to replay 
the match because he only won because Harry fell off his broom 
because of the Dementors (but there is nothing in the Quidditch rules 
about replaying a game just because of one side's bad luck), a first 
reminder of what a nice guy Cedric is.

Amos is proud of his wonderful son, boasts about him, and is 
defensive of him (when he doesn't want to be defended). I wonder a 
lot where Amos's feelings about his son fit, on a scale from, at one 
end, he loves his son just for being his son and would be proud of 
him even if he were very ordinary, to, at the other end, loving his 
son only for being splendid enough to be worth boasting about, and 
wouldn't love him if he were merely ordinary, would instead always 
criticize him for not getting on the House team, for not getting top 
grades, for not getting this and not getting that.





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