PoA Chapter 14 Summary

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lyda Clunas" <lydaclunas at x> wrote:
> Well, I know that I'm posting this a day early, but I'm going
> out of town this week, and I wanted to make sure I was able to read 
> and respond to some of the replies before I leave. :) So, here you go.

	Great summary, Lyda! Thanks. This and The Egg and The Eye in GoF 
are my favorite chapters (guess why? <grin>)


> 
> 1) Snape's Grudge: Is it simply a long-standing hatred for
> James' arrogance and a powerful jealousy about Quidditch? Is it 
> really all about the prank that MWPP pulled during their years at 
> Hogwarts? Or, as most of us suspect, is there something more? (Open 
> Season on Snape/Lily. Have at it.)  
	Oh yeah, there's more. Snape/Lily, vampires (I think vampires are 
not supposed to be wizards and if Snape were found out, his wand would 
be snapped)

> 
> 2) It's insinuated that Snape knows perfectly well who Messrs.
> Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are. So, why doesn't he question
> Lupin straight out, rather than being so indirect? 
	He's being his devious self, hoping that Lupin or Harry will 
confess something incriminating.

> 
> 3) Why is it that Hagrid's great guilt trip makes Ron incredibly 
> uncomfortable, but yet he still treats Hermione like dirt? Don't 
> Hagrid's words mean *anything* to him?
	Poor Ron, he's like a lot of people who don't know how to back 
down. Haven't you ever noticed that the faults people complain about in 
others are the ones they have themselves? It's not only Hermione who 
has to be right all the time.


> 
> 4) How on earth did Hermione find that time to help Hagrid, when
> it's quite obvious that she has barely enough time for all of her 
> homework and classes? Would she use the Timeturner to help her look 
> up stuff for Buckbeak's case? 
	Hermione's a clever student and makes sure her assignments do 
double duty. I'll bet all her essays that year had a hippogriff angle.
> 
> 5) After the Hogsmeade incident, has Malfoy now figured out that 
> Harry owns an Invisibility Cloak?
	I wouldn't be surprised. Will he try to steal it?
> 
> 6) Aside from The Three Broomsticks, Honeydukes, the post office, 
> Zonko's, Gladrags, and the Shrieking Shack, what other places are 
> there in Hogsmeade? 

The Hog's Head pub mentioned in SS/PS. I think there's a Dervish and 
Bangs also. 
	Non-canonically: a potions ingredients shop, a broomstick 
mechanic's garage, a bakery, a magical creatures surgery, a market 
square. I think a wizarding market held weekly would be a splendid 
idea, which our students haven't visited because they only get to go on 
Saturdays.
> 
> 7) Who lives in Hogsmeade, aside from the shop owners, and what do 
> they do?
	Hags, and other such magical beings as find it difficult to 
"pass". There must be some ghosts too, although perhaps it would be 
tactless to say they *live* there <g> House Elves, doing the 
dishwashing and such at TTB.
	 I've wondered before how Hogsmeade can be maintained as a 
strictly magical settlement without apartheidt or red-lining. It's 
human nature to mingle. Even "exclusive" gated communities of the 
Muggle kind have their illegal live-ins. Will this be another injustice 
for Hermione to discover and agitate about?
Pippin