Class origins; Character Entrances

[Zarleycat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 29428

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., acciohp5 at y... wrote:
> > I don't think we have enough info on Peter, Sirius or Snape to 
know 
> > where their families fell in the class scale.  
> 
> Since sirius bought Harry the ferrari of broomsticks, I would think 
> he atleast falls in the same category as james. Since James died 
> young and Black went to prison soon after, sirius' money must have 
> been inherited too.

Yikes, I can't believe I forgot about the Firebolt!  Maybe it's time 
to re-read PoA.  Okay, I agree - the Black family also had money.  

And, since I'm on a Black track, I'd toss in Sirius' entrance in the 
Shrieking Shack scene.  I'm not counting his Animagus form as a real 
entrance. I guess what I liked is that this character loomed over a 
lot of the action in PoA, and we never really saw him, except for the 
newspaper photo.  The attack on the Fat Lady and the slashing of 
Ron's bed hangings were told to us after the fact.  It was like a 
well-done horror movie where what really gets you nervous is that you 
know IT'S OUT THERE and you never know when it's going to jump out 
and get you. 

So, the door in the room shuts and Harry is finally facing the man he 
thinks responsible for his parents' death, and this man is truly 
scary-looking.  It gave me a jolt, which of course set me up quite 
nicely for all of the revelations that came later in that scene.

Marianne