[HPforGrownups] SS/PS Chapter Twelve Summary and Questions

[Calypso8604 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28770

In a message dated 11/5/01 2:56:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
lamppost42 at hotmail.com writes:


> 1. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley are visiting Charlie in Romania for Christmas. 
> What does this indicate about Charlie? (Why can't he return to the 
> Burrow for the holidays? His own family? Work?)

I think that perhaps he usually does go to the Burrow. That year Arthur and 
Molly just took a nice little trip to visit their son where he works and 
presumably lives 

> 
> 2. Do you feel that the sterotypical portrayal of Madame Pince as the 
> ill-tempered, spinsterish librarian is problematic and/or overly 
> simplistic, or is it another misleading characterization brought to 
> you by Red Herring, Inc.?

I love Pince's characterization! It gives the characters a reason to have a 
hard time in the library. Madam Pince actually does remind me of a librarian 
I know

> 
> 3. How did Ron get so good at chess? Who did he play with? The only 
> other Weasley that we that we know plays chess is Ron's (possibly 
> deceased) grandfather.

He probably beat his siblings all the time and they stopped playing with him 
^_^. We know Percy plays chess, he tris to "help" Harry in SS/PS and it was 
either Bill or Charlie who played chess with Ron at the Burrow in GoF

> 
> 4. (How timely!) Sure, Ron complains about maroon sweater (and corned 
> beef), but considering that Percy, Fred and George all have their 
> first initial knitted into their sweaters and Ron's does not, do you 
> think that his family really does notice him less than his other 
> siblings? What niche does this leave for Ron? 

The Weasleys just do not strike me as the type to ignore a child. In the 
movie Ron *does* have a letter and if this were an important element JKR 
would not have let that happen. 

> 
> 5. Percy nearly breaks a tooth on a silver sickle in his Christmas 
> pudding. In muggle traditions, the person who finds the coin in their 
> slice of pudding will come into money during the following year. 
> Considering Percy's low-level Ministry job in GoF, is this just a 
> throwaway bit, or is JKR hinting at big things for Percy (and not 
> necessarily of a wholesome nature) in future books? 

ARGH! No accusing my Percy of bad things! Maybe it was just hinting at his 
win of his bet with Penelope in PoA

> 
> 6. If the Mirror of Erised had not been the Philosopher's Stone's 
> final protection prior to December 27th, what kind of puzzle or 
> enchantment do you think Dumbledore protected it with between July 31 
> and December 27?

I think that the stone was already in the mirror then. Harry didn't see it 
because he didn't want it then and Quirrel wouldn't think of searching the 
school for the stone when he "knows" it's under the trapdoor

> 
> 7. Assuming Dumbledore WAS being truthful about seeing himself with 
> socks in the Mirror of Erised, (a big assumption, but this can count 
> as my fun question!) why does Dumbledore desire them so? (see Pablo 
> Neruda's ""Ode to My Socks")


Because he has enough books and the castle is drafty ;)


~ Calypso






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