Summary: CoS Chapters 5 an 6

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>    Question 5: Do you think the weather in general and the
>    meteorological conditions on 1 September have a symbolical value
>    in the books? Is it important that, as the books are
>    getting "darker", the weather on the day of departure is getting
>    worse with every book?

I had never even made this connection until i read this question.  
The weather almost certainly has some symbolic connection because in 
each book the weather got worse and worse, and in book 4 is was a 
full fledged storm.  Nice spotting.


>    Question 7: Why does Snape wait for them?( It should be 
McGonagall
>    who is Head of Gryffindor. She does not necessarily have to 
survey
>    the Sorting ceremony, as we know from PoA, where she summons 
Harry
>    and Hermione into her office, while Prof. Flitwick replaces her 
at
>    the Sorting.)


Snape was probably waiting for them because he loves getting the two 
of them punished, and any chance that he sees to get them expelled he 
takes.  A similar question with the same answer would be why does 
Snape go to Lockhart's office, after the first attack, later in the 
book, when no students from his house are concerned?  He just loves 
seeing Harry and Ron in trouble and takes any chance to tell 
dumbledore that the two of them should be expelled.

>    Question 8: What Ron and Harry did, would certainly have been
>    worth expulsion. Much as we all like the two of them, do you 
think
>    it OK McGonagall lets them get away just with detention? And why
>    do you think she made this decision?


Dumbledore and McGonnagall have taken a special liking to Ron and 
Harry. I don't think Dumbledore would ever expell Harry and Ron, with 
the whole Voldie thing he knows how important is is for them to get a 
full education.  



> CHAPTER 6- Gilderoy Lockhart


>    Question 12: Do you think that Lockhart's way of presenting
>    himself as The- One- Who- Always- Knows- Best is a result of
>    stupidity combined with selfishness and conceit, or is it simply 
a
>    calculated strategy, trying how far people will let him go
>    (following Hitler's famous: The bigger the lie, the more people
>    will believe it)? Is he a Slytherin?


Lockhart just sees himself as all-knowing.  I think he's that way for 
your first reason.  Lockhart isn't that important of a character but 
I think he loves attention.  He'll do anything for it (ex. when Mr. 
Weasley and Mr. Malfoy were fighting)  He's just extremely conceited 
and a bit dumb.

>    Question 13: Which part of the plant is used for potion- making?
>    Do they chop up the leaves or the "roots" (eurgh!!)? And if it's
>    the leaves, what happens to the "roots"? Sorry, but this has been
>    tormenting me since I first read the book.

Ewwww, how gross would that be to cut up the roots.  I sincerely hope 
it's the leaves!


>    Question 15: How come that Hermione who as far as we know her, is
>    not a person to judge people because of their looks, is so easily
>    fooled by Lockhart? If not his tactless behaviour to Prof. 
Sprout,
>    at least the Pixie incident should have cast some light upon who
>    and what he really is.

Hermione probably has noticed how much of a flake (I guess)that Prof. 
Lockhart is.  I think that she just doesn't want to admit that Ron is 
right.  But then a contradiction to that would be the Valentine's day 
card thing.  I dunno, I'm running my mind in circles, it's not 
healthy for me!

~Laura