[HPforGrownups] PS/SS Chapter Ten Summary and Questions

[Susanna Luhtanen]

No: HPFGUIDX 28355



Susanna Luhtanen
s_luhtanen at hotmail.com



>Questions
>
>1. Do you think it is in this chapter that Malfoy decides Harry is
>the bane of his existence and why or why not?

No - Malfoy made that decision in the train I think, for Harry choosing Ron 
Weasley over him.

>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.

a) They weren't real golf-balls, but looked like them.
b) Wood does play golf when at home. (Maybe he was Muggle-born and his 
parent played or someone next door did or...)

>3. Why do you think Ron felt badly about what he said about
>Hermione?  Is it one of those 3rd grade things  I like you so I'll
>beat you up?

He was angry at her - and regretted later. You ever had a fight?

>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?

No. Particularly not after two students beat the troll up!

>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?

It's a thing of learning, aside from a big part of magic being the belief in 
one's own ability. Unlike class, Ron wasn't thinking about doing it - he 
just did it. (A failure usually makes it worse, but in class it's just: You 
didn't learn it yet, that's all...)

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

They saved her life, that's why.

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