[HPforGrownups] Chapter 7 Summary and Questions

[Alfredo Ramírez]

No: HPFGUIDX 24124

1) How does Hagrid get away with using his wand?  Does Dumbledore know that
Hagrid uses it and just tends to overlook it? What about the MoM?


I would suppose that Dumbledore knows about it but just doesn’t say
anything. I don’t think the MoM keeps a close eye on Hagrid, he is after all
the school’s responsibility. Dumbledore never thought Hagrid was responsible
for opening the CoS so he probably doesn’t mind that he uses some magic.

2) Why would Hogwarts allow Draco to buy his way onto the Slytherin
Quidditch team? Are they that afraid of Lucius Malfoy?

I think it would be more of a House thing. If the team captain (Flint) or
house head (Snape) allowed it, I think it’d be allowed. Flint would
certainly appreciate having a bunch of new brooms and we know that Draco is
Snape’s favorite student.


3) Why do you think Hermione and the other women (with the exception of
McGonagall) can't see what a fraud Lockhart is? Do you think he uses some
sort of charm that only affects females?

Oh right, since pre-teen girls always think straight when it comes to
handsome men. Two words: Backstreet Boys.


4) When you first read CoS, who did you think the mysterious voice was?

Voldemort, I mean, who else would want to kill people in Hogwarts? :-)

5) Why would they let a student keep a broken wand? Doesn't the staff think
it could be dangerous since a broken wand is unpredictable?


Well, they can’t exactly force him to buy a new one, can they? I mean,
everyone knows that the Weasly’s have ‘more children than they can afford’
in Draco’s own words. It’d be rather embarrassing if one of the teachers
asked Ron to get a new wand and then watched him get all pink. I wouldn’t
have put it past Snape to have done so
 Besides, how would we have gotten
rid of Lockhart without Ron’s wand? :-)




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