[HPforGrownups] OotP: Sneaks and Spies

[Jenserai Bariman]

No: HPFGUIDX 64809

> >Wendy:
> >
> > But Peter *was* in the Order. Page 174 (U.S. version) in Chapter Nine,
> > Moody shows Harry a photo of the original members of the Order, and
> > Wormtail is in the photo.
> >
> > The one about whom I'm wondering is McGonagall - she's not mentioned as
> > being in the photo. Later, Harry and Co. certainly consider her to be a
> > member of the Order, but is there actually any reference the book that
> > states she is? In previous books, I found her absence at key moments as
> > being rather conspicuous (for example, when Dumbledore sends her on a
>task
> > before Sirius reveals himself). Is she actually a member of the Order,
>or
> > are we just assuming she is because of her brilliant defiance of
>Umbridge?
> > I've only read the book through once, so I'll be looking for this on my
> > second go, unless someone else can remember specifically a place where
> > Dumbledore acknowledges her as an actual member of the Order.
>
Kelly Grosskreutz replies:
>IIRC, McGonagall shows up at 12 Grimmauld Place once or twice during the
>summer.  To me, that would imply she was in the Order.  That and a couple
>of
>comments she makes to Harry (I think about Umbridge).  Don't feel like
>looking it up and I've only read the book once (fighting the urge to
>reread), but I know McGonagall showed up at the house.  To me, that would
>imply she's in the Order, otherwise she'd have no way of knowing about it.
>

Me: Yes, she does appear to be in the Order now, but her abcence from the 
photo is very interesting. It seems to say that she wasn't in the _original_ 
Order. I wonder why?

-Jens

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