Chapter 25 Summary

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Terrific summary, Joywitch!  

>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?

No.  And I love that!  I've reread that scene a bunch of times, 
enjoying the many layers now that you know all the stuff about MEM's 
true identity and Snape's history.  Especially when Snape grabs his 
arm--M's laugh has a whole new meaning when we know the REAL reason he 
hates Snape.

Not just in this scene, but throughout GoF, Crouch Jr. does one hell 
of a job staying in character.  He and Moody have similar feelings 
towards various characters, namely the Death Eaters & their crew, but 
with differences that must make the acting job even harder.  To seem 
like Moody, he has to act toward Snape, Karkaroff, & Malfoy pretty 
much the way he (Crouch) would anyway--but without spilling his true 
motivations.  And he has to remember that he's on Harry's/Dumbledore's 
side.  The scene where Karkaroff first encounters Harry and Moody is 
striking this way.  Crouch-as-MEM allows his hatred of K to show but 
also has to appear to be H's ally.  He must've gone to bed with his 
head spinning.

>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?

Too rattled...and it's a fairly new charm for him, not something 
that's second nature like "say 'lumos' if the lights go out."  You 
know how it is when you've just recently learned a new charm.  ;-)

Amy Z.