[HPforGrownups] Some questions/comments about GoF

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 102080

Hi,

I'll try to answer a couple of your points, and I hope the elves will
forgive me if I don't do this exactly right.  It's the first time I've tried
to reply to several different points in one of these messages, and it can be
a little crazy with my screen reading software.

Barbara said

Why didn't DD have Harry start Occlumency lessons in GoF? Since Sirius told
DD about Harry's scar hurting and his first dream before Harry even
mentioned that it happened a second time, shouldn't DD have realized then
that there was a connection between VM and Harry that could be dangerous?

Sherry now:
Well, I don't think Harry said he'd had a dream, just that his scar hurt
him.  Did he ever actually say he'd had a dream?

Barbara

Why are only certain people ghosts, for example, why aren't Lily and James
ghosts? Also, are the ghosts we see at Hogwarts former Wizards?

Sherry again:
I believe NHN tries to explain this to Harry at the end of OOTP, saying that
the people who become ghosts are those who are afraid to die.  He tells
Harry that Sirius wouldn't become a ghost, because he was not afraid to die.

Barbara
I have changed my mind about POA being my favorite book. I think GoF is now.
I've read it at least 3-4 times now and for some reason, in the past, I
always thought it was too complicated. But I followed things much better now
regarding what Barty Crouch, Jr. did and how things happened, and at the end
I had tears in my eyes when Lily and James come out of the wand.

Sherry again:
Well, I do like GOF, but POA is still my favorite.  I just love the
relationships in that one, Harry and Lupin, Harry and Sirius ... It's all
very moving to me.  The first time I read GOF, I didn't actually like it
much, but I read it again several times and began to enjoy it very much.

Sherry G