Chapter 33 - The Death Eaters

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Carole Estes" <lrcjestes at e...> wrote:
> Contributed by: Randy

> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1. Why is Lucius Malfoy considered by Voldemort to be a better 
> servant than most of the other Death Eaters?

Perhaps because Malfoy has continued to agitate and promote Voldy's
basic agenda in his absence, thus paving the way for his return to
wizarding society at large.

> 2. Who are the Lestranges that are serving time in Azkaban?

Dunno.  Bet they turn out to be some really nasty bastards, though.
<g>

Query:  Could the name "Lestranges" be a play on the French title of
Camus' "The Stranger?"  Maybe we'll hear their story...maybe they were
blinded by Lord V into a state of guiltless amorality....

> 3. Will Voldemort get the dementors and the giants to follow him in 
> his "army of creatures whom all fear"?

The dementors, surely:  I think JKR wants to make a point about the
hazards of using evil means to pursue an otherwise good goal.  I fear
the giants will be thrown into a civil war amongst themselves.

> 4. And of course the eternal question.Why did Voldemort untie Harry 
> and give him back his wand?

Remember the end of _Austin Powers_, when Dr. Evil's son Scott offers
to get a gun from his room and pop the good guys right there and then,
but Dr. Evil says, no, you can't do that because that's just not the
way things are done--instead he will tie up the good guys in a room
full of mutant sea bass and trust the bass to finish the job?

That's why.  The aesthetics of evil overlordship preclude the
efficient elimination of the protagonist.

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas