CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 21, The Eye of the Snake

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> Chapter 21 Summary -- The Eye of the Snake



> 5. Why might Ron have forgotten to tell Harry that he was invited to
> The Burrow for Christmas?  Why does Hermione roll her eyes?
>
imamommy:
Because he's an insensitive wart.

8. Why oh why does the kiss take place off stage? How could JKR *do*
> this to me?

imamommy: 
Censorship, I think.  She knows there are those reading this who
aren't ready for lessons in kissing.  For the rest of us, we have
imaginations.

> 9. snip Why
> does McGonagall so readily believe him?

imamommy:
Because the order has been waiting for something like this.
> 
> 10. How can we readers tell that the snake vision is not just a dream?

imamommy:
I'm not sure I follow.  Arthur's injuries seem proof enough.

12. 'Harry longed to bite the man ... but he must master the impulse
> ... he had more important work to do ...' What work?

If, as Harry suspected, VM was posessing the snake, he was probably
trying to use it to find the prophecy.
> 
> 13. Is this the first time Voldemort knows the Order is guarding the
> Prophecy?

imaommy:  
No.  Sturgis Podmore

> 14. What do we learn here about the limits of Invisibility Cloaks?

imamommy:
That they don't work if you fall asleep and let them fall off your body.

Cheers!