[HPforGrownups] Re: Dragging Harry in through the Back Door

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 17526

> Well, I can't think of any "best" off the top of my head.  But 
> the "worst" that sticks out in my mind was in GoF chapter 18.  It
> was right after Draco and Harry fought in the hall, and Hermione's
> teeth got all really big, and Snape insulted her then took the 
> points from Gryffindor.  Harry, in a very bad place right then, 
> fantasized (more forgivably) beating Snape with his cauldron, and 
> thought "If only he 
> knew how to do the Cruciatus Cursehe'd have Snape on his back like
> that spider, jerking and twitching"   That bothered me.  


I agree.  That was interesting because it showed the depth of his
feeling.  Of course, he was still estranged from Ron at that point;
normally they would have shared their feelings and perhaps diluted
them in the process but keeping them bottled up inside is obviously
not good for Harry.

I did wonder if this is a foreshadowing of a choice Harry will make
in the future.  We discuss quite often whether this or that character
will join Lord V. but not much time is given to reasons they would. 
If Lord V. offers them something they could get nowhere else, then
the attraction might be irrisistable.  If Lord V. offered Harry the
chance to torture Snape - with impunity and approval - how would he
react?


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