COS Chapter 4 - At Flourish and Blotts

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No: HPFGUIDX 23359

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amber ?" <inviziblegirl at h...> wrote:
 
> 7) Percy is found reading a book called "Prefects Who Gained Power: 
A study  of Hogwarts prefects and their later careers". Do you think 
this is an  indication that Percy could be seduced to Voldemort's 
side?>

You know, I've been thinking about Percy and wondering why he wasn't 
placed in Slytherin.  I know this has been discussed before, but his 
ambition seems to overshadow everything else about him.  Ambition is 
not necessarily an evil thing.  However, I do not think Percy would 
ever willingly go over to the Dark Side.  I can see him turning into a 
zealot like Crouch was and turning in his own family, and I can see 
him being controlled by the Imperius Curse, but Percy is not evil.  
His heart is in the right place.
> 
> 8) What did you first think of Lockhart when you read his 
description? What  was your opinion of him at the end of the chapter?>

I hated him immediately and still hate him now.  I even started a 
thread about it earlier this spring.  He's vain, selfish and greedy.  
I hated the way he never listened to Harry and never even bothered to 
read Harry's reluctant body language.  My god, I can tell when someone 
is physically uncomfortable.  Lockhart was a bad guy.  He wasn't funny 
to me at all.
> 
> 10) Obligatory Silly Question: Woohoo! It's Harry's birthday! (Or 
was  Harry's birthday, depending where you are in the world) How did 
you  celebrate it?>

I went down to the Scholastic bookstore here in NYC and signed the big 
card for him.  Happy happy birthday!


--jenny from ravenclaw*****************************