OoP - Jenny's Big Questions - Spoilers!

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> Hey!  Wow - we made it!  I am still digesting it all and am 
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> on my second read.  I have some burning questions, though and 
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>> 2. What do you think of Harry using Crucio on Bellatrix?  This was 
a big shock to me.

I think it was a reflex, Harry really didn't want to cause pain, but 
all the anger with his parents, and then Sirius, built up and he 
wanted someone else to feel his pain.  
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> 4. What do you think of the way JKR portrays the MoM - and 
government 
> in general?

Maybe a politcal statement????  Just a thought, all kinds of books 
(Wizard of Oz first comes to my mind) make a subliminal statement 
about the current state of the world.  Maybe commenting on how the 
higher ups tend to care more about the power and image than their 
constiuants.  Just the first thought that comes to mind.
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> 5. Should Hagrid stay on as CoMC teacher?  Am I the only one who 
> continues to think he's a moron?

Love Hagrid, great guy, but he just doesn't have the whole teaching 
thing down.  Some are born with the ability to teach and others 
aren't.  Hagrid isn't good at teaching classroom lessons, but great 
at teaching some life lessons.  He will always be a "teacher."
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landed on my most hated characters in this book.  
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> 7. Are we supposed to dislike James Potter now?

I think the scene with James was more to show Harry that his father 
was not perfect, not to make him hate his father.  Yes, James was a 
jerk back then but he grew up and realised his flaws, just like Harry 
has to realise that he has flaws.

Just some quick thoughts, tell me what you think 
Cera