CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 21, The Eye of the Snake

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No: HPFGUIDX 102940

Dicey Elfwrote:> 
> 4. JKR very deliberately prevents Hagrid from naming the 'stringy
> Slytherin boy.' Who could he be and why keep his name secret? (And
> don't say it's that kid from
> That-Which-Should-Be-Discussed-On-HPFGU-Movie, because we don't 
know
> who *he* is, either.)

Potioncat:
Ok, to be honest, for a short time I thought the name might be Snape 
(sounds like young Snape) or some very surprising name like that 
which would have everyone asking "How dim is Harry?"  But given that 
Zabini has been confirmed as a boy, I'm guessing this one is Nott. I 
came across a similar episode in GoF where something was interrupted 
and and then revealed later in the same book. Here I'm assuming 
weedy and stringy are the same.  (Nott is weedy looking in the 
library.)  We also know now that Nott's mother is dead.  I wonder if 
he saw her die?