[HPforGrownups] PS/SS Chapter Thirteen Chapter Summary and Questions

[Calypso8604 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28906

In a message dated 11/7/01 3:55:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
lamppost42 at hotmail.com writes:


> 1. Hermione is described as being "torn between horror at the idea of 
> Harry being out of bed, roaming the school three nights in a row... 
> and disappointment that he hadn't at least found out who Nicolas 
> Flamel was." (PS/SS Am. Ed. 215) How do you think Hermione would have 
> gone about looking for Flamel if she had stayed for the holidays?

Gone straight to the library and not have emerged for days. She has a tendacy 
to do that.

> 
> 2. Why does Snape feel he will be able to best protect Harry while 
> refereeing the quidditch match, rather than watching Quirrell from the 
> stands as before?

Well, watching from the stands before wasn't helping much, was it? Quirrel 
even said later that if Hermione hadn't knocked him over he would have had 
Harry off that broom.

> 
> 4. In Quirrell's DADA class the students are required to copy down 
> different ways of treating werewolf bites.  If treatments exists for 
> werewolf bites (and they're simple enough to be understood by 
> eleven-year-olds) and some lycanthropic symptoms (Wolfsbane potion), 
> why has such a violent fear and hatred of werewolves been retained so 
> strongly in the wizarding community?

Hey, even with a cure, I still wouldn't want to be bitten. I imagine a 
werewolf biting you is very painful. If you got stabbed in the arm, that 
could be treated but you still would want to avoid that happening



> 6.The conversation between Quirrell and Snape: ARGH! I have so many 
> problems with this scene! 
> 6A. How much does Snape know about Quirrell's reasons for          
> wanting the Stone?
> 6B. Why doesn't Quirrell/Voldemort reveal himself to Snape, a (former) 
> Death Eater and one of the Stone's protectors?
> 6C. Why does Snape suspect Quirrell in the first place? Did they know 
> each other before?

I assume that Snape suspected Quirrel and figured it out. Snape strikes me as 
the type to be untrusting and I bet Quirrel's new found stutter set 
suspicions off. Snape is also an intelligent man, so once he suspcted he 
peicd the story together.


~ Calypso




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