HPOOP Why are some poor, others rich in the WW (and some burning questions)

[sladjanast]

No: HPFGUIDX 66704

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ccm50_2000" <ccm at t...> wrote:
> I've been curious about this for a while. If wizards and witches 
can
> conjure things into existence, why is anyone poor in the wizarding
> world? Why does Lupin have a tattered, patched robe? Why couldn't 
he
> conjure himself a new robe? 

This has been bothering me from book one. However, I have just 
finished OOP and have so many questions, theories, doubts, 
reactinos, that I just don't know where to start. Here is a couple, 
though, and I will be really greatful to see what you all think. 
Also, I do apologize if this has already been on the list, I could 
not read carefully all the new posts, sorry!

1 I'm sure someone has already noticed: no explanation of the 
triumphant gleam from GoF! Or have I missed it? Maybe it is there, 
only given in a very subtle way, and will come up when I reread the 
book?

2 How come Dumbledor does not do something to stop the horrible, 
most evil, truly terrifying Bellatrix? If not to stop her from 
killing Sirius (and oh! how sad... 11 years in Azkaban, and then 
living in virtual prison only to finish like that! My hart is 
broken, poor bloke had no life) then at least to stop her from 
fleeing like that? I have to say I was really appalled with 
Bellatrix. Frightened, almost. Worse than Voldemort, this one. And 
how come all the Aurors could not defeat and completely subdue the 
Deatheaters? And with Dumbledore there? I realize it is probably 
important for the plot that Bellatrix survives (how odd that her 
husband is not there) but, how horribly unfair!

3 The Death Eaters on the whole are a bit confusing. First of all, 
not all of them even think of using Avada Kedavra... Dolohov, 
supposedly really evil, jinxes Neville into tap-dance? It's almost a 
joke! Why, though? I'm not saying there is something terribly 
important behind this, just wandering what you all think. 

4 What would be the proper way to finish off the opponent who is 
about to kill you without using an illegal curse? 

5 Finally, I am absolutelly impressed with some of the predictions 
on this list. First of all, I remember clearly someone wondering 
about the first prophecy Trewloney made. I remember it stated how 
Dumbledore tells Harry in PoA that if Trelawney really made a true 
prediction, it brings the sum of her true predictions to two, and 
then someone (awfully sorry I can't remember who, or when, for that 
matter) wondered about what might be the first Trelawney's 
predictions that was fulfilled. At the time I thought it to be 
completely irrelevant! 

I also have to say that I loved the book. Hopefully we will see more 
of Looney Lovegood, she was such a great counterpart to Umbridge, in 
tearms of new characters. Off to reading all the posts, and once 
again, sorry if there is nothing new in this one. 

Sladjana