Chapter Summary - PoA 10 & 11

[Trina]

No: HPFGUIDX 19823

> 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 don't think it has a "pull" on Harry as much as it is an excellent 
tool for accomplishing many clandestine tasks, which he realizes 
quite quickly.  

Along the same lines, I have been pondering the "never trust anything 
that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brains" 
dictum in regards to the Sorting Hat.  In GoF, we learn that the 
founding four "put some brains in me."  Everyone at Hogwarts trusts 
it to place him/her in the right house.  We can't see where it keeps 
its brains, so why should we trust it?

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

Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, the peppermint creams 
shaped like toads...
> 
> 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)?

I don't think it is a discrepancy at all. I imagine that Hagrid did 
borrow it from "young Sirius Black" and that, upon his trying to 
return it, Sirius then told him to keep it because, unbeknownst to 
Hagrid, he was going rat-hunting.  
> 
> 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?

(d) Hysterically funny.  I can just picture the look on his face--a 
combination of horror, distaste, and embarrassment.

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

Because he is a wise, wise man...


Trina, gearing up for her summaries next week...