CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 34, "The Department of Mysteries"

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 120211


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Abbi Dorn" <amdorn at h...> 
wrote:
> Questions:
> 
> 4)  When riding the Thestrals to the Ministry of Magic, could the 
riders be 
> seen?  Can only people who see thestrals normally be able to see 
the riders 
> during flight?

Meri: I would assume the Thestrals couldn't be seen, but the people 
riding on them might be visible - which makes taking the Thestrals 
to London just as stupid as stealing the Ford Anglia. 
 
> 6)  Why doesn't the Ministry of Magic have an alarm go off when 
people enter 
> after business hours?  What about security surrounding the 
Ministry?  What 
> about their badges?  Shouldn't some alarm go off when the badges 
were made 
> to say "Rescue Mission"?
> 
> 7)  What happened to the person in charge of weighing the 
visitors' wands?
> 
> 8)  Is the Ministry of Magic really deserted after business 
hours?  What 
> about aurors?  Shouldn't they work in shifts or be in and out of 
the 
> Ministry at odd hours?
> 
> 9)  Does the Ministry of Magic lack security on all levels?  Could 
the 
> security have been removed by the Death Eaters?  If so, what could 
have been 
> the security measures?

Meri: Tackling all these questions at once. I assume (as do many 
others) that the DEs "took care" of any security personell or late 
workers that night. I'm sure the MoM is very well protected but with 
LV and the DEs there is probably very little that could have gotten 
in their way. As to the hours the Aurors keep, you are right it 
doesn't seem like a 9-5 job, but then again with Fudge doing his 
best to keep LV "dead" he may also have been finding ways to keep 
the Aurors busy and therefore less suspiscious.