Info about HBP on JKR site -- discovery of mudblood name...

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 107777

Amey wrote:

...both Harry and LV are not HBP. Maybe the HBP is a snake, or snake 
animagus. Point no. 4 is again not that good, just mentioned in book 
for showing that Harry is true Gryffindor. It tells nothing about 
Godric Gryffindor, but in book, we learn that Slytherin and 
Gryffindor had a fight on the pure blood issue, and so Slytherin 
left. (I am too tired right now to make sense of what this point
means). I think I will be reading CoS again now to get all 
discoveries Harry makes. Any additions anybody????

vmonte responds:

page 112, CoS U.S. paperback:

"A loud bang echoed around the stadium and a jet of green light shot 
out of the wrong end of Ron's wand, hitting him in the stomach and 
sending him reeling backward onto the grass."

page 115

"Malfoy called Hermione something--it must've been really bad, 
because everyone went wild."

"It was bad," said Ron hoarsely, emerging over the tabletop looking 
pale and sweaty. "Malfoy called her 'Mudblood,' Hagrid--"

"He didn'!" he growled at Hermione.

"He did," she said. "But I don't know what it means. I could tell of 
it was really rude, of course--"

"It's about the most insulting thing he could think of," gasped Ron, 
coming back up. "Mudblood's a really foul name for someone who is 
Muggle-born--you know, non-magic parents. There are some wizards-- 
like Malfoy's family--who think they're better than everyone else 
because they're what people call pure-blood." He gave a small burp, 
and a single slug fell into his outstretched hand. He threw it into 
the basin and continued. "I mean, the rest of us know it doesn't make 
any difference at all. Look at Neville Longbottom--he's pure-blood 
and he can hardly stand a cauldron the right way up."

"It's a disgusting thing to call someone," said Ron, wiping his 
sweaty brow with a shaking hand. "Dirty blood, see. Common blood. 
It's ridiculus. Most wizards these days are half-blood anyway. If we 
hadn't married Muggles we'd've died out."

This quote directly relates to the half-blood, pure-blood, issue in 
the books. Both Harry and Hermione had no idea about what a Mudblood 
was until Ron told them. Harry also found out in book 2 that Tom 
Riddle was a half-blood, and he told a DE in book 5 that Voldemort 
was a half-blood. If the half-blood prince reference is not about 
Harry or Voldemort could it be a derogitory name that will be used 
against Ron?  What if Ron's parents are murdered in book 2 and 
someone finds out something about Ron's heritage.  Could Ron (and 
siblings) turn out to be the inheritors of unknown money? Will Draco 
call Ron the half-blood prince in the same manner as the "Weasley is 
our king?" mantra.

vivian

vivian