[HPforGrownups] The "first" chapter summary PoA 1-2

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 17909


--- Andrew Preston <ajpresto at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Questions:
> 
> 1) Shouldn't most wizards be more self-disciplined than to let
> somebody get under them and then blow them up?

Well, Harry is 13; he's just a kid. Of course he's going to not have
much self-disciplines. Especially when someone is insulting his dead
parents. And I wasn't under the impression that Harry was consciously
doing a spell. It seemed that it was more of a subconscious thing.

> 2) How do they get Marge off the ceiling?

I imagine the Ministry did a deflating charm and that got the
dispicable Aunt Marge off the ceiling.

> 3) What does Marge think? Will the Dursleys ever learn? (They do
> better in Book 4, but will they ever do more than tolerate Harry?)

I'd be very surprised if the Dursley's learnt anything. They're thin,
shallow characters without any imagination, IMHO. And Marge doesn't
remember, she had a memory charm placed on here. I really hope we don't
see her character ever again in the books. (If you couldn't tell, Aunt
Marge is one of my least-liked characters!)

Hmmm, question. Does anyone remember if the memory charm was place only
on Aunt Marge or was it placed on the Dursley's as well? If the
Dursley's were allowed to remember what happened, I'm extremely
surprised that Vernon showed up to get Harry at the end of PoA!

> 4) What did Harry think he was doing, running out into the street? He
> can't apparate

He was too mad to think about anything except that he had to leave that
house. I'm sure it happens; I've personally never been so mad that I
couldn't think logically, but then I've never been really insulted
before.

~Amber


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