PS/SS Chapter 07 Summary - The Sorting Hat

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amber ?" <inviziblegirl at h...> wrote:

I agree with your point five: Someone from the Malfoy house must have 
sent Dooby to save Harry. Just as Snape hates Harry he would never 
want him killed. I think Draco doesn't want to go against his father 
"leanings" and puts up an act in front of his ever present friends 
Crabbe and Doyle. 

Another question is why Draco was in the woods in GoF? Was the 
torture of the Muggle family too much for him and he ran away from 
what was happening?

Voldemort clearly shows us that L. Malfoy's raison d'etre is against 
Muggles being accepted into Wizarding world, which is why he hates the 
Weasleys. As on both sides (good vs. bad) there are shades of gray as 
to how "good" or "bad" a person is.

Dorothy


> 
> 'Lo all! Sorry I'm late with this summary. I've noticed that the 
Chapter 06 
> one didn't garner very many replies. I'm not too surprised at this, 
as we've 
> discussed these books forwards, backwards, up, down, inside-out, 
tilted, 
> diagonal, and inverted. Besides, the movie is coming up!
> 
> I just hope that people read the summaries and questions before 
deleting the 
> message!
> 
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> 
> The door opens and we meet a stern witch with black hair and 
emerald-green 
> robes: Professor McGonagall. Hagrid drops them off and they follow 
her into 
> the huge entrance hall of Hogwarts. Harry hears what must be the 
other 
> students in the school to the right and Professor McGonagall ushers 
all the 
> first years into a small chamber off the hall.
> 
> Professor McGonagall welcomes them all to Hogwarts. She briefly 
explains the 
> significance of the Sorting Ceremony and the four houses. She then 
leaves to 
> "smarten up" while they are waiting.
> 
> Harry asks Ron how they sort the students into houses and Ron 
replies that 
> it is a type of test. Harry immediately gets nervous since he 
doesn't think 
> he knows any magic. It doesn't help that Hermione has begun to 
whisper about 
> all the spells she already knows and speculates which she'll need.
> 
> Suddenly, someone screams. About twenty ghosts enter the small room 
and seem 
> to ignore the first years. However, the Fat Friar notices the 
students and 
> asks if they are to be sorted and several students nod.
> 
> Professor McGonagall returns, asks them to form a line, and follow 
her. 
> Harry gets behind a sandy-haired boy with Ron behind him. They enter 
the 
> Great Hall.
> 
> It is a huge room lit by thousands of floating candles. There are 
four long 
> tables laid with golden plates where the rest of the students were 
sitting. 
> At the head of the hall is the Professors' table. Professor 
McGonagall leads 
> them before the Professors' table and halts. Harry looks up to see 
the 
> enchanted ceiling which he learns (from Hermione) has been bewitched 
to look 
> like the sky.
> 
> Professor McGonagall brings out a four-legged stool and an old 
wizard's hat. 
> After a moment, it twitches and then sings the Sorting Hat Song. The 
Song 
> explains the four founders and their houses. After it finishes, 
everyone 
> claps. Ron is relieved but Harry is worried that he doesn't have any 
of the 
> qualities that the Hat spoke of.
> 
> Professor McGonagall begins to call the first year students' names 
and each 
> student comes forward to try on the Hat. After the Hat shouts the 
house the 
> student belongs to, that particular table cheers for that particular 
person. 
> Harry notices that the Slytherins look unpleasant and that the Hat 
takes 
> different amounts of time to sort each person. While Hermione is 
sorted into 
> Gryffindor, Harry begins to worry that the Hat won't sort him at all 
and 
> he'll have to go back on the Hogwarts Express.
> 
> Neville is sorted into Gryffindor and Draco into Slytherin. Finally, 
Harry's 
> name is called. The entire hall whispers in wonder as he steps 
forward and 
> pulls on the Hat.
> 
> The Hat muses on where to put Harry and he begs it not to put him in 
> Slytherin. The Hat obliges and sticks him in Gryffindor. He gets the 
loudest 
> cheer as he goes to join the Gryffindor table.
> 
> Ron is sorted into Gryffindor. The sorting ends and Dumbledore 
stands up and 
> welcomes all the students, new and old. He ends with the strange 
phrase 
> "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!" and all five tables fill with 
food.
> 
> Harry begins to eat and is address by Sir Nicholas de Mimsy 
Porpington 
> (a.k.a. Nearly Headless Nick), who wishes he could still eat. Nick 
> demonstrates why he has his nickname, which he clearly doesn't like. 
Nick 
> also points out the Bloody Baron, Slytherins' resident ghost.
> 
> Dinner was finished and dessert appears. The Gryffindor first years 
begin to 
> talk about their families and bloodlines. Seamus says that he's half 
Muggle, 
> half wizard, Neville tells the story of how his family found out 
that he was 
> indeed a wizard and wasn't a Squib.
> 
> Harry starts feeling content and looks to the Professors' table. 
Suddenly, a 
> hook-nosed teacher stared straight at Harry and he feels a sharp 
pain in his 
> forehead. He asks Percy which teacher is talking to Quirrell and 
Percy 
> identifies him as the infamous Professor Snape.
> 
> When the desserts disappear, Dumbledore stands up and gives them the 
> beginning-of-year speech. He notes that the Forbidden Forest 
> is
well
forbidden, that magic shouldn't be used in the corridors 
between 
> classes, Quidditch trials will be held the second week of term, and 
that the 
> "third-floor corridor on the right hand side is out of bounds to 
everyone 
> who does not wish to die a very painful death". He then leads 
everyone in 
> singing the school song, which is sung to everyone's personal 
favorite tune.
> 
> Afterwards, Percy leads the Gryffindor first years up to the 
Gryffindor 
> tower. On the way, they meet Peeves. Percy warns the first years to 
watch 
> out for him and that the Bloody Baron is the only one who can 
control him.
> 
> They enter the Gryffindor common room (cozy, round, full of squashy 
> armchairs). The Gryffindor first year boys are directed to their 
dormitory, 
> which is situated at the top of a spiral staircase. Tired, all the 
boys pull 
> on their pajamas and fall asleep almost immediately.
> 
> During Harry's sleep, he has a very odd dream in which he wears 
Quirrell's 
> turban, is told to transfer to Slytherin house, and is laughed at by 
Malfoy 
> who turns into Snape. The dream ends with a flash of green light and 
Harry 
> wakes up. He immediately rolls over, goes back to sleep, and forgets 
the 
> dream.
> 
> ---------------------------------
> 
> For your enjoyment, here is a quintet of lame-o questions for you to 
either 
> answer or make fun of, whichever you prefer! As always, if you have 
other 
> burning questions about the chapter, please share!
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1) Do you find it odd that the first years aren't given any 
explanation of 
> the four houses except for a quick song sung by the Sorting Hat? Do 
you 
> think it matters that the students (particularly ones from Muggle 
families) 
> have nothing to go on except a quick rhyme and rumor from others?
> 
> 2) Did you wonder, when you first read this chapter, about the 
Sorting Hat's 
> thought to put Harry into Slytherin? Certainly it becomes part of 
the plot 
> in COS but did you pick up on it when you first read it?
> 
> 3) Why do you think that Harry experienced a sharp pain in his 
forehead when 
> Snape shoots him a piercing look?
> 
> 4) If you were to sing the Hogwarts school song (and who's to say 
you 
> haven't already!), what tune would you sing it to?
> 
> 5) I know it has been discussed before, but do you think the dream 
that 
> Harry has at the end of this chapter holds any significance? Or is 
it just a 
> silly, random dream? Could it be foreshadowing? Ex: Draco turns into 
Snape, 
> implying that Draco could become a spy for Dumbledore's side?
> 
> ~Amber
> 
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