The Potion Puzzle

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No: HPFGUIDX 106775

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dcgmck" <dolis5657 at y...> wrote:
> Dave Witley's analysis of Snape's potion puzzle in the first HP 
> (see "Files",) draws an insightful parallel between the bottles and 
> the positions of a Quidditch team...
 
> 1 - On the most basic level, Harry comes as a seeker to Hogwarts,

So book one is Seeker

> 2 - "Chamber of Secrets" is Harry's first encounter with a variety 
of poisons

Making book 2 - Chaser (poisons)
 
> 3 - "Prisoner of Azkaban" was clearly about time... This text, 
then, seems to correspond to the back bottle.  Because of the 
pervasive threat of the dementors, it also seems to align with 
chasers, as in those who pursue Harry.

Making Book 3 - Chaser (number 2)

> 4 - "Goblet of Fire" seemed to reflect more ducking and dodging 
than forward motion for Harry... This text, then, can be squeezed 
into the "beater" category.

4 - Beater

> 5 - "Order of the Phoenix" shows everyone around Harry getting more 
> pro-active, from Hermione to Voldemort and Dumbledore... the death 
of Sirius, and what would have been the end of Harry but for 
Dumbledore's timely rescue put it into the poison bottle category.  

5 - Chaser (number 3)

> That leaves a chaser and a beater text each, a bottle of wine and a 
> bottle of poison.  

Actually that leaves Chaser and KEEPER.  Still a good theory, and the 
Keeper is the final line of defense.