CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 33 - Fight and Flight

[mari]

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This is my first post on the group.  I have enjoyed all the discussions so far.


1. Harry had the feeling he had had before in the forest, one of being watched by unseen eyes.(p. 664, Bloomsbury edition) We may presume this refers in part to the centaurs and forest creatures; are there other eyes watching him?

I don't think Hagrid even knows all the creatures that roam those woods.  I've often thought of the Forbidden Forest as a type of protective woodland.  A last refuge for many magicial creatures.  

I think more creatures will be introduced in the last two books.  Grawp maybe upseting the small balance of the ecosystem there.  Look what he was doing to the trees.  So prehaps thats why the Centaurs didn't like him being there. As for the Werewolves, maybe it is a place that werewolves could go and saftly transform.  But then why have that so close to a school is a little unnerving.


2. Umbridges months of arrogance and abuse of power finally meet their match with the Centaurs.  How satisfied are we with this outcome?
Enjoyed it. 


4.  Grawp appears to remember Hermione, and he reaches for her.  How dangerous is he at this point?

Grawp reminded me of two different characters inthe book.  One was King Kong, which Hermonie was Fay Wray.  And that Warner Brothers cartoon of the Abombinal (sorry spelling is way off) Snowman,  "I want a little bunny rabbit so I can love and hold, I will call him George"  Which is a caractiture of a character in Of Mice and Men (Which I cannot think of the name of right now).  

I don't think Grawp intends to be dangerous, but because of his size and his mental ability he could accidently hurt someone and not realize it.  Which doesn't make him a bad character, just one that needs a lot of patience.  Hats off to Hagrid for trying.
 

5. Harry and Ron try to discourage Ginny, Luna and Neville from joining them to help Sirius in London. Why are they so opposed to these specific people?

I tink it's because Harry is so used to Ron and Hermione helping him out, that he can't think outside of those two.  What a good eye opener for him.  Take the three most unlikely to volunteer and make Harry realize that everyone has strenghts.  

Although with Ginny hints have been dropped all the time about how strong she is;  She tried to fight off Tom Riddle's diary (throwing it away);  Comments made about how tough she is by her brothers. How she chastize Harry for not coming to her when he thought he was possessed. 

With Neville and Luna, we are only just starting to see their strenghts.  Hints about Neville have been there from book one, but he is just starting to grow into more of a hero
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mari