Chapter 25 Summary

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--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Joywitch " <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> Chapter 25:  The Egg and the Eye
>While Harry enjoys the luxurious surroundings, he can not figure out 
>how they can help him decipher the clue.  Fortunately, unexpected 
>help, in the form of Moaning Myrtle, arrives.  It turns out that our 
>old whiny pal Myrtle is in the habit of haunting the prefects 
>bathroom, claiming that she keeps her eyes shut when anyone is 
>getting in or out of the tub.  Sure you do, Myrtle.
> 
Isn't Myrtle a wonderful character? I think she is the best 
expression of JKR's genius-level sense of humor. 

> 
>Harry is unpleasantly surprised to discover that Moody's 
> Mad Eye seems to be able to see through his invisibility cloak.  

I'm not at all sure about this and I don't have the book with me to 
check (I'm reprehesibly doing this at work), but - didn't Harry 
already find this out at the pub? IIRC he was sitting there with 
Hermione, cloacked, when Moody enters with Hagrid and sees him. 

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> Discussion Questions:
> 
> 1.  Do both male and female prefects use this prefect's bathroom?  
>At the same time?  (I'll bet a lot of teenagers would enjoy that.)

Oh, and adults wouldn't? Seriously though, I doubt that its meant for 
communal bathing at all, although its so big. Harry locked the door, 
right? That makes it more probable that its meant for an individual, 
albeit luxurious, bathing.
> 
> 2.  Do the Hogwarts toilets really empty directly into the lake?  
> Isn't that a little, um, unhealthy, especially for the merpeople 
>and the giant squid?  Or do wizards have a sewage treatment spell 
>built into the pipes?  (Neutralizum Poopus?)

LOL! 

I doubt that special treatment is necessary, though. If the lake is 
wide and deep enough (and from the description it seems it is) the 
ecosystem there would easily absorb the organic waste that Hogwarts 
produces (I think. Any environmental specialists on this list?). 


> 
> 3.  The second half of this chapter reads completely differently 
when 
> you know that Moody is really Crouch, Jr. and that Snape was once a 
> Death Eater and has a mark on his arm.  Everyone (except maybe 
Filch) 
> is maneuvering to save his own butt.  I just had no clue anything 
> weird was going on here the first time I read it, did you?

Nope.


> 
> 4.  (This has been discussed before.) When Harry is stuck in the 
> stairway, why doesn't he say "Accio Map" to get the Marauder's Map 
> out of the way?
>
Well, I think he was too confused and scared to think clearly. Also, 
his attention was focused more on the screaming egg. Then, once Filch 
arrived, he couldn't do anything that would attract attention.

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