Crazy idea on why Harry's book 6 stay will be the shortest

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 120772


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Silvana Roven"
<silvanaroven at y...> wrote:
> Harry has been banished from Quidditch for lifetime by Umbridge. 
> Has this ban been canceled already??? I can't remember reading 
> about it anywhere. All I can recall is Ron (?) hoping the ban 
> would be null and void after Umbridge left.

Actually it was Ginny who told Harry she'll try out for chaser next
year because the ban will not outlast Umbridge. Since all of Umridge's
"Educational Decrees" were cancelled, and as I believe Harry's
broomstick was returned to him, I don't doubt that the ban is lifted.

Banning Harry from Quidditch during book 5 was a usefull literary
tool, because it served several purposes: force Ron to shape up since
he could not rely on Harry's saving the game for him, show Umbridge's
petty cruelty, allow Ginny to enter the team (and not coincidentally
defeat Cho Chang in the game, with a highly symbolic romantic sense)
and free up Harry's time to focus on the DA and occlumency. I see no
reason to continue the ban in book 6 as these reasons don't hold anymore.

Salit