[HPforGrownups] Chap. 9 Summary: The Writing on the Wall

[Alfredo Ramírez]

No: HPFGUIDX 24580

2. Is Snape's suggestion that Harry be removed from the Quidditch team
reasonable?

I would think not or else McGonagall would have agreed. We’ve seen before
that she can be unbiased even in situations that affect her own house.

3. We know Harry is not very trusting of adults.  Even so, and leaving aside
what it would do to the plot, do you think Harry should
have told Dumbledore about hearing a disembodied voice no one else can hear?

Yes, but it’s understandable that he didn’t. It was only Harry’s second
year; he wasn’t yet too familiar with Dumbledore. He admires the man and I
imagine he doesn’t want someone he admires to view him as deranged.
Apparently, even in the Wizarding world, heading voices is _not_ normal.

5. Is Ron correct that Percy cares more about becoming Head Boy than he does
about Ginny?

I don’t think so or he’d be in Ravenclaw or Slytherin. I think that
regardless of his academic ambitions, at heart Percy is a good guy who wants
to do the right thing. He finds safety in structure and order, but I have no
doubts that he would be among the first to leave the Ministry and join
Dumbledore in the fight against Lord V.

6. What is it about getting competent teachers for this school?  Can't
Dumbledore/Hogwarts Board of Governors find a living, vital
person to teach History of Magic, or are they happy at not having to pay
anyone a salary for this position?

Binns is boring, but that doesn’t make him incompetent. Perhaps he simply
knows more history than any other teacher you may find and despite his
ethereal appearance, is the most qualified for the job.

7.  Why wouldn't an heir to Slytherin have appeared sometime in the last
1000 years?  Or can the heir only open the Chamber when there is a
particular need to do so?


Or maybe not all Slytherin heirs were evil.




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