Chapter 25 Summary

[Michelle M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 8897

In regards to your question about the raw sewage in the lake, (I am a 
QA Officer for an environmental water and soil testing firm) with 
approx. 1000 students and the staff residing at Hogwarts, there would 
definitely be a big impact on the lake, and the smell would be 
horrendous.  I'm sure that JKR would have some magical explanation as 
to why this isn't a problem for them, however.   It's probably what 
the giant squid feeds off of (think i'll skip the calamari, thanks).

Michelle (momentary de-lurk)

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "naama " <naama_gat at h...> wrote:
> --- 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. 
> 
> <snip> 
> 
> > 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.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Naama