The "first" chapter summary PoA 1-2

[*Lilith Morgana*]

No: HPFGUIDX 18014


> > 1)	Shouldn't most wizards be more self-disciplined than to let 
somebody get    
>   under them and then blow them up?

Of course they should, normally. I -however- do not expect this of a 
13 year old boy suffering from hormones and a complicated relation to 
his dead parents! I believe that he could actually stand a lot more 
nit-picks and criticism of his own person than he can bear when it 
comes to his parents. I don't wish to get into a deep analysis of his 
psyche this time around but handling criticism of a close person, all 
the more so if the person is no longer alive, is hard. And like I 
said, Harry is 13. Everyone was a little
touchy back then, right? 
(*trying to suppress her own hysterical way of behaving*) 
I believe that most full grown wizards are able to control themselves 
in 9 situations out of 10 but surely there must be week moments for 
everyone. Remember Mr Self-Possessed Severus "I'm cool as ice" Snape 
in PoA when he's almost trembling with lust to kill Sirius? Harry 
will most likely end up being a mature wizard who won't let some aunt 
drive him nuts.      

> 2)	How do they get Marge off the ceiling?

Someone suggested Dart
*LOL* No, but seriously I think it was the 
Ministry with their own secret weapons.

> 3)	What does Marge think? Will the Dursleys ever learn? (They do 
better in     
>  Book 4, but will they ever do more than tolerate Harry?)

Marge doesn't remember so she doesn't think anything about this. The 
Dursleys are another matter though. I can't see them befriend each 
other *ever*, not even in the final end (if everyone makes it that 
far) I can or would like to see some touching hugs between them. 
Harry belong with his godfather, not his horrible relatives. 
But, is it finally cleared that Petunia is in a complete lack of 
powers? She was Lily's sister after all and there might be something 
hidden inside her. What do you think?
I heard JKR say that the Dursleys will enter the story more and more 
and in that case I can see a hilarious turn on Petunias long-
suppressed magic power as she is needed and forced to save Harry from 
something! *LOL*
 
> 4)	What did Harry think he was doing, running out into the 
street? He can't    
>   apparate


No, he can't and he didn't even know about the fact that you *can* 
apparate either, if I remember correctly. . But it was an act of a 
pure emotional rush. He didn't think, he wanted to get away no matter 
what. I also think that he was more or less convinced that he'd never 
be able to return to Hogwarts and this must have been enough to make 
him do anything. 
  
> 5)	Where did the owls meet up at? Do they have a central office?

I've had the same thought myself but no answer. 

> 6)	Can you hire more owls to deliver heavy packages? Why didn't 
Ron, with his  
>     newfound wealth?

Dunno about this either. I guess you could, or else you have to get 
the owls yourself. The Weasleys probably didn't have more owl 
available even though one might think that a family with SO many 
individuals would at least have a couple of owls to spare


> 7)    What's up with the telephone sequence? Couldn't Ron have 
asked somebody, 
>      or was he just not thinking?

That was something of the funniest part I've read in the canon! "CAN 
YOU HEAR ME?" But I also wonder why he didn't ask someone to use the 
phone properly. Or why he didn't told Hermione to phone Harry 
instead. I do think that Arthur Weasley with his fascination for all 
things Muggle would have known how to use a simple phone, but no, Ron 
wasn't thinking. 

Peace and Sunshine,
Lilith M


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