Neville's Parents + Middle Names (US) + Snape/Shrieking Shack + Ethnicity + Mandrakes + Dumbledore's Letter

[Kelly Hurt]

No: HPFGUIDX 33733

--- SpyGameFan wrote:

>Weren't both of Neville's parents
>Aurors?

Neville's father was an Auror but we haven't as yet been told if his
mother was.

--- Ronald Rae Yu wrote:

>Where I live, at least, the mother's
>maiden name is the child's middle
>name. Just correct me if I'm wrong
>somewhere in my reasoning.

This is seen occasionally -- especially in wealthy families -- in the
US, but is by no means a rule.

--- david_p2002ca wrote:

>- He went out to the Shrieking Shack
>to protect Harry (and incidentally Ron
>and Hermione) from a werewolf (PoA)

No book handy, but Snape went out because he saw *Lupin*, in the
tunnel,  running toward the Shrieking Shack.  He didn't know the Trio
were there; he just hoped to catch Lupin and Sirius Black together.

--- cindysphynx wrote:

>Consequently, I think it is reasonable
>to ask that she also treat issues of
>gender and race in a way consistent
>with the real world.

JKR has dropped hints about various secondary characters' ethnicity and
now portrays them in the exact same way as all the other kids in
Hogwarts.  That's the whole idea isn't it?

Also, she has portrayed the wizarding world as far more tolerant of
inter-ethnic relationships than the way I perceive the current real
world situation (at least, in the US):

* One of the twins takes Angelina, who we're told is black, to the Yule
Ball.

* Ron & Harry go with the Patil twins, whose names certainly seem to
indicate a Pakistani/Indian/Middle Eastern heritage.

* Cedric dates Cho Chang.

* Seamus, an Irish lad, & Dean Thomas, who is black, both find the
Patil twins to be the prettiest in the year.

All of these things happen **without** causing raised eyebrows or
whisperings which is the way it should be.

--- blenberry wrote: 

>...are mandrakes that rare that no
>mature ones could be acquired for
>months, from anywhere?

No book handy, but I believe Dumbledore tells Filch that Professor
Sprout "has managed" to acquire some mandrakes which sounds as if they
are difficult to come by.

--- Whirdy wrote (about letter left with Baby Harry):

>Given VD's penchant for destroying
>messages from Hogwarts and Dumbledore,
>is it possible that the letter has
>survived.

I like to think that Dumbledore enchanted the letter so that it
couldn't be destroyed and, if taken somewhere and thrown away, it
magically reappears inside #4 Privet Drive.

Kelly the Yarn Junkie

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