CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 21, The Eye of the Snake

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 102947

> 1. How is the following passage emblematic of the relationship 
between
> Ron and the twins?
> 
> 'Oi!' bellowed Ron, finally losing patience and sticking his head 
out
> of the window, 'I am a prefect and if one more snowball hits this
> window -- OUCH!'
> 
> He withdrew his head sharply, his face covered in snow.
> 
> 'It's Fred & George,' he said bitterly, slamming the window behind
> him. 'Gits ...'

Meri: It shows that the twins have zero respect for authority. And 
for anyone in charge at Hogwarts to think that Ron could have any 
influence over his older brothers was dreaming. 

> 2. Is it significant that the first Thestral appears between two 
yew
> trees?

Meri: I am fairly sure that the yew means death, so that was a nice 
bit of symbolism on JKR's part. 

> 5. Why might Ron have forgotten to tell Harry that he was invited 
to
> The Burrow for Christmas?  Why does Hermione roll her eyes?

Meri: Well, Ron's Ron, isn't he. Harry's practically his brother, 
and Ron probably assumes that Harry knows that he's always welcome 
at the Burrow. And Hermione probably rolls her eyes because she had 
probably reminded Ron fifteen times to invite Harry to Christmas and 
he kept forgetting. 

> 7. Cho turns on the waterworks and the Cedric-talk as a way to 
bust a
> move on Harry. What in sam hill is she thinking? Does Hermione 
explain
> it correctly?

Meri: Was I the only one who thought Cho was a little off her nut? I 
mean, if my boyfriend was murdered by a psycho wizard and I was 
still greiving his death, I would hope that I would have the 
presence of mind not to, A) try to get in to a relationship before I 
was fully recovered, and B) not start off said relationship with the 
boy who watched said boyfriend die. But JKR needed Harry to get over 
Cho, and her still attachment to Cedric was a good way to do it 
(though I wonder if she cries all the time around Roger Davies now, 
too?). 
 
Meri