Chapter 32 Summary - Flesh, Bone, and Blood

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Great job, Carole!
> Questions:
> 
> 1.  When Peter Pettigrew is serving the dark lord is he always called
> wormtail?  As if his name was changed once he went over to the dark side.
> Do the other Death Eaters know who Wormtail is?

	Peter's name was already Wormtail when he was at Hogwarts and 
helped 
make the Marauder's Map. Presumably he was not yet evil then. 
	In chapter 27 of GoF, Sirius says that the Death Eater Avery was 
part of the gang of Slytherins that Snape ran with. Assuming that this 
Avery is the Death Eater who was punished by Voldie after his 
rebirthing, then he ought to recognize Pettigrew since they were 
contemporaries at Hogwarts. Sirius also mentions in Prisoner of Azkaban 
that Voldemort's supporters in  Azkaban know that Peter was the spy. 


> 
> 2. Were you upset by Cedric's death?  Was it gratuitous or vital to the plot
> and / or Lord Voldemort's character development?

	I was not moved by Cedric's death per se; more by its effect on 
Harry and the rest. I didn't think it gratuitous. As I mentioned in a 
long ago post, the description of Ced's body parallels and is 
foreshadowed by the description of the dead unicorn in Book I. It is 
meant to recall the Centaur's line about the innocent being the first 
to suffer. Cedric even has unicorn hair in his wand.

> 
> 3.  Why didn't Wormtail bleed to death after he cut off his arm?
> 
> Did you read this chapter verbatim to your kids?  Were they creeped out?

	Harry had his eyes shut during the amputation. He must have missed 
whatever Wormie did to stop the bleeding.
	My kids are old enough to read for themselves (the video games 
were silent for three days (!) while Goblet of Fire was devoured) but 
if they were under 10 or so I would paraphrase. Of course my youngest 
was creeped out by E.T.! so he was easily crept, if that's the word.

Pippin