The invisibility cloak (Was: CHAP. DISCUSSION: CHAP 11 )

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91208

Elihu Falk wrote:

<snip> 
> 4) "Those cunning folk use any means to achive their
> ends"[SS7] In addition to the above, James had to buy
> a cloak of invisibily. He probably realised Dumbledore
> would figure out about it, so I think he came up with
> a "reason" - to steal food from the kitchens. <snip>

Carol:
I don't think we know that James bought his invisibility cloak. It
could have been a family heirloom passed on to him by his father when
James entered Hogwarts. (He couldn't have inherited it through his
father's will because his parents were alive and unofficially
"adopted" Sirius when both boys were about sixteen, but James was
using the invisibility cloak before that time.)

BTW, Lupin (or was it Sirius?) mentions the number of times he saw
James disappear under the invisibility cloak. If they were in the same
dormitory as Severus Snape, it would have been much harder to use the
cloak--and much easier for Severus to follow the other boys to see
what they were up to every full moon.

I think that James and Sirius were in Gryffindor for the reckless
courage that led them into mischief (very much like the Weasley
twins). And Remus Lupin just doesn't fit the Slytherin profile. (Peter
Pettigrew doesn't fit anywhere that I can see.)

Carol