[HPforGrownups] PS/SS Chapter Ten Summary and Questions

[Amber ?]

No: HPFGUIDX 28342


>From: "M. Barnett" <fyregirl at cfl.rr.com>
>
>If they (chp. 10 & 11 summaries) suck, I'm sorry!

No they didn't, they were very good!

>2. Where does Wood get a bunch of golf balls?  There is no mention of
>wizards playing golf anywhere and he doesn't know about basketball,
>why would he know about golf.

Oh, I cannot believe that I've never picked up on this before! Where *did* 
Wood get the golf balls? Only thing I can think of is that Hooch is 
MuggleBorn (do we know?), has access to golf balls, and that the captains 
find them useful for training even if they don't know what they're used for 
in the Muggle world.

>4. Prof. Quirrell tells Dumbledore about the troll and then faints.
>If you were in his DADA class, would you really be able to respect
>him as an authority on Dark Arts/Creatures anymore?

It would depend what year I was in. If I was in first year, I would still 
respect him. Trolls are scary creatures! If I was in seventh year, I would 
maybe be a bit more contemptuous. However, in "Fantastic Beasts and Where To 
Find Them", Troll is given the rating of "Dangerous/requires specialist 
knowledge/skilled wizard may handle". Clearly taking care of a Troll is not 
something to be taken lightly so maybe his fainting makes sense? Also, if I 
were a first year, I would've thought that Quirrell had just gotten back 
from trying to capture the Troll himself and had hurt himself or was 
terribly tired.

>5. Ron is able to perform the spell in the toilets he wasn't able to
>perform in class.  Is this a case of `talent appears in stressful
>situations' or just pure luck?

Heh. I rather think it's the first reason but I'm sure others feel that it 
was just good luck. Maybe seeing a practical application of Wingardium 
Leviosa helped put everything in place for him?

>6. Hermione has endured a lot of hurtful remarks and treatment from
>Ron, why does she defend he and Harry?

Er, they just saved her from a Troll? Should I be looking into this more? I 
thought of it as more of a "You just saved my neck so I'll save yours" kinda 
deal.

~Amber

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