[HPforGrownups] Re: Chapter 32 Summary - Flesh, Bone, and Blood

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 13266


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer [mailto:pennylin at swbell.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 5:00 AM
> To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Chapter 32 Summary - Flesh, Bone, and Blood

> I know I've said this before but .... I too was not all that shaken by
> Cedric's death on my first read.  I really & truly was not convinced
> that this was the much-hyped death that the reader would care about.  I
> remained leery that Cedric was just a prelude or red herring.

I truly didn't think it was a prelude or a red herring, but it wasn't the
death of a beloved character I had expected. Ok, Cedric got a bit of
character development in GoF, and he was an important character,
too, because  he was the second school champion, but after all the
hype about someone dying I would have expected at least one of
the Weasleys to die (not Ron at this point, but maybe one of the
twins).

> Like Monika, I was very concerned for Sirius.  Especially when it was
> revealed that there was a Dementor in the castle (taking care of Crouch
> Jr.).  I was biting my nails, muttering "No ... not Sirius ... not
> Sirius ... no" and dreading turning each page for fear that Sirius would
> be given the Kiss or killed.

Well, the Dementor made me feel uneasy, but I didn't expect another
death in the book, and administering the Dementor's Kiss to Sirius
would have been like killing him. I was much more concerned for
him at the end of PoA, when the Dementors encircled Sirius and Harry
near the lake. When I first read it and saw the chapter named "The
Dementor's Kiss" I was sure that he would be the chosen target.
I remember that I had to finish it before going to work that day, I
couldn't stand waiting until the evening, that would have been
sheer torture, and I'm not sure that I would have got much work
done...

Monika


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