PoA Chapters 18-20 Summary

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Susan Hall wrote:

> Having said which, it was clearly Lupin's duty as a staff member to 
mention
> it.  I mean, he thought Sirius was a dangerous psychopath with a 
grudge at
> the time.

Did he, I wonder. It took him very little time to realize what had
really happened. I think maybe he always wanted to believe in Sirius.

jenny from ravenclaw wondered what would have happened if Lupin
had told Dumbledore about Sirius being an Animagus. And it reminds
me something I've been wondering. What would have happened if Harry
had told Lupin about seeing a black dog? He did consider telling Lupin
once. Lupin would have realized immediately it had been Sirius and
what would he do then? Would that force him to go to Dumbledore?
Or would he go out alone hunting for the black dog? I always feel
that he wanted to confront Sirius and question him about the past.

Marianna Lvovsky wrote:

> 8. We know Lupin as a very kind and calm person.Why do
> you think was he almost as eager to kill Pettigrew as
> Sirius was?
>
> It's calm, but it's frightening calm. I would almost
> prefer to deal with Sirius' rage. It seems more
> natural and human somehow. Lupin is not thinking of
> revenge but justice: PP killed James and Lily (and
> framed Sirius), so he has to die. PP's body would have
> been evidence enough I suppose, but in any case,
> Sirius and Lupin were not thinking just rationally:
> they were executing a traitor. Lupin's "good-bye,
> Peter" always struck me as much more final and
> inexorable and frightening than all of Sirius' rage.

My feeling exactly. I think that it's a bit like the frightening
calmness Dumbledore showed during his interrogation of
Barty Crouch jr. in GoF.

Helen N wrote:

> 10. Did you feel any kind of sympathy for Pettigrew?
>
> Yes, definately. Some Death Eaters seem to be what they are because 
they 
> enjoy the power and the killing. Peter, to me at least, doesn't 
seem that 
> way. He seems to be a Death Eater because he couldn't quite work 
out how to 
> be anything else. I think he killed Lily and James because he saw 
it as his 
> only option, because he was too scared to do anything else. I feel 
very 
> sorry for someone who is that scared by his life.

Good to know I'm not the only one feeling kind of sorry for Peter.
Somehow I can't imagine James and Sirius making friend with a total
opportunist. There had to be something good in Peter back in their
school days? It just doesn't seem possible to me that such a close
friendship was formed just becaues Peter kept following them around
seeking protection. Sometimes people makes one wrong step and
kept sinking deeper and deeper and after a while, survival becomes
the only concern. I feel that it's kind of tragic.

Is there *anyone* who suspected Scabber not being a rat?! I was
totally stunned.

Hui