[HPforGrownups] OoP - Jenny's Big Questions - Spoilers!

[Taryn Kimel]

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From: jenny_ravenclaw 
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Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 4:10 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] OoP - Jenny's Big Questions - Spoilers!


Hey!  Wow - we made it!  I am still digesting it all and am currently 
on my second read.  I have some burning questions, though and wonder 
what you all think.

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Jenny:
2. What do you think of Harry using Crucio on Bellatrix?  This was a 
big shock to me.

Me:
Shocking, but in character. Harry's growing up into the real, painful world, and his godfather, the last of his real family left, has just been murdered.

Jenny:
3. Why do you think JKR chose for Sirius to be the one to die?  Was 
she taking it too far for Harry?

Me:
I bawled. Sirius was my absolute favorite character, and I didn't even felt his death was, literary-wise, a good death. I won't go around saying she /shouldn't/ kill certain people, though. That's obviously her choice.

Jenny:
4. What do you think of the way JKR portrays the MoM - and government 
in general?

Me:
An incompetant leader can certainly make for an incompetant government. Government certainly isn't an absolute evil, but it can certainly hurt things.

Jenny:
5. Should Hagrid stay on as CoMC teacher?  Am I the only one who 
continues to think he's a moron?

Me:
No, you're not. He's not fit at /all/ to be a teacher. I love the guy, but he really shouldn't be teaching.

Jenny:
6. Why did Percy turn his back on his family, especially his mother?  
What will become of him now?

Me:
But we /know/ why Percy did it. Percy went with the MoM, his family went the other way. It's a major issue. I'm not sure what we'll get out of Percy now that his beloved MoM has been proven wrong.

Jenny:
7. Are we supposed to dislike James Potter now?

Me:
I don't think so. I think we're more supposed to realize he wasn't perfect, right along with Harry. According to Sirius and Lupin, he /did/ grow up. And he must have, to even get Lily to go out with him. But in that scene, he was downright horrible. I admit to crying at the end of that chapter, one for Snape, and two for Harry.

--Taryn

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