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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> what you all think.
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> 2. What do you think of Harry using Crucio on Bellatrix?  This was 
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> big shock to me.
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I wasn't totally shocked by it.  Harry had just watched Sirius die 
because of Bellatrix.  He had been pushed only so far and lashed out. 
I also wasn't surprised that he couldn't do it.

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

I don't know why Sirius had to die.  I screamed when I read that.  
But then maybe that's the lesson.  People die for unexplained and 
difficult reasons.  And then the people left behind are wondering 
why. I was really disappointed that it was Sirius because he's one of 
my favorite characters.

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

Hagrid does many things for Harry, but I don't think he should 
continue to teach.
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> 6. Why did Percy turn his back on his family, especially his 
mother?  
> What will become of him now?

I hope that now that the MOM's position is that LV is back Percy will 
apologize, but I'm not holding my breath.  Also, I kinda don't care 
what happens to him after that letter he sent Ron.

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> 7. Are we supposed to dislike James Potter now?

We are still suppossed to like James.  My thoughts are twofold. One 
Harry has almost idolworshiped his father while knowing hardly 
anything about him.  Two, Harry is now 15.  At some point in the life 
of a teenager we become disillusioned with our parents.  Harry needed 
a bit of reality to go with those images that he has of James.  It's 
my belief that James turned out be a good guy, but he had to grow 
into it.  Harry will probably figure this out as well.  What James 
did was awful, and I'm glad we got to see Lily James what she 
thought.  

> 8. Who else dreamed about Harry last night?

I've been dreaming of Harry for days! :)
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Rosebeth