Chapter Summary - PoA 10 & 11

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 19760

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
A really good two chapter summary! 

> Questions:
 
> 1. It occurs to Harry that the Marauder's Map may be a Dark object; 
> it puts  him in mind of Mr. Weasley's dictum about mysterious 
> magical objects, and he  hesitates to use it, but overcomes his 
> doubts "quite suddenly, as though  following orders."  What do you 
> make of the pull the Map seems to have on  him?

I think it was just Harry rationalizing it.  The original Marauders, 
after all were just a bunch of high-spirited teenagers who liked to 
get into trouble and cause it -- but nothing harmful. The same case 
is true of the Brothers Weasley.  

 
> 2. If you could buy one treat at Honeydukes, what would it be?

Butterbeer to start.
And probably one of everything to find out what I like best.
Like Dumbledore, I'd stay away from the Every Flavor Beans, though. 

> 
> 3. What do you think--=does= Sirius get into Hogwarts by the secret 
> passages?  If not, how?

It must be the secret passages!  Most likely the one by the Whomping 
Willow since he and the rest of the Marauders came and went to the 
Shrieking Shack by that one, and that's where the whole denouement 
goes down at the end of the book. 

> 
> 4. Fudge says that Black's part in the Potters' deaths "isn't 
widely known." 
>   Is there any significance to the reason why not, i.e., is it 
deliberately 
> being kept secret, and if so, why?

My guess being that Fudge [in typical form] just wanted to take 
someone in and blame for the deaths of the 12 muggles and the huge 
explosion -- so he probably put the kibosh on any speculation that 
Black may have truly been as innocent as he said he was. 

> 
> 5. How do you explain the discrepancy between Hagrid's account here 
about 
> the motorbike (that Sirius specifically told him to keep it 
permanently) and 
> what he says in PS/SS 1 (that he needs to return it to Sirius)?

Emotional upheaval on Hagrid's part. We know he tends to get a little 
dramatic when emotional or in his cups, yes? 
> 
> 6. How does the Fidelius Charm work?  Does it hide you from 
everybody, from 
> one person only, from a selected list . . . ?
> 
My guess is it hides you from everyone *but* a selected list, given 
that Dumbledore knew where to find them, and likely so did Sirius 
even though he was not the Keeper.

> 7. What about the Marauder's Map?  The usual questions: in 2 ½ 
years, why 
> didn't Fred and George ever notice that their brother was 
frequently 
> accompanied by some guy named Peter Pettigrew?  does it show all of 
> Hogwarts?  does it show ghosts?  Etc. . . .
> 
I believe it does show ghosts, but I'm not sure why. 

And perhaps the Map only shows Peter Pettigrew to another Marauder 
since *they* made the map?  

That's a tough one! 


> 8. Lupin says that a boy named Davey Gudgeon nearly lost an eye to 
> the Whomping Willow; Lockhart had a fan named Gladys Gudgeon (CoS 
7); any relation?

Possible.  Maybe the "what's in a name" thing would be useful here. 
What's a Gudgeon? 

MERRIAM WEBSTER: 
gudgeon [noun]
gud*geon [1] (noun)

[Middle English gudyon, from Middle French goujon]

First appeared 15th Century

 1 : PIVOT 1, JOURNAL

 2 : a socket for a rudder pintle

gudgeon [2] (noun)

[Middle English gojune, from Middle French gouvion, gougon, from 
Latin gobion-, gobio, alteration of gobius -- more at GOBY]

First appeared 15th Century

 : a small European freshwater fish (Gobio gobio) related to the 
carps and often used for food or bait

 
> 9. Is Snape's vulture-topped-hat cracker favor (a) a plant by 
Dumbledore,  (b) evidence that wizard crackers magically respond to 
the psyche of whoever  pulls them, (c )  a coincidence, or (d) 
something else?

I'd say a combination of A and D.  Dumbledore probably gave him one 
in the interest of getting the stonefaced Snape to crack a smile. 
That it popped out the vulture-topped hat could mean it responds not 
to the psyche of whoever pulls them, but to the thing they're most 
annoyed or displeased about.

> 
> 10. Is Trelawney's prediction that either Ron or Harry will 
predecease the 
> others at the table going to come true?

Eventually. Everybody dies. 
> 
> 11. Why does Lupin flee when Trelawney offers to crystal gaze for 
him?

Probably because he either thinks her a fraud and will waste his 
time, or because he's afraid that she'll have one of her rare true 
predictions. Or it could just have been time for another quaff of 
potion.
> 

Indigo
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