CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 14, Percy and Padfoot

[Kimberly]

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 > > Questions for discussion:
> > 
> > 1. If house elves are freed against their will, where do 
> > they go? Can they stay at Hogwarts if they desire? If so, 
> > what does it matter if a house elf is inadvertently 
> > freed?
> > 

 I don't think there are enough freed elves to really answer that 
 question.    The few we know of that are freed, certainly haven't 
 gotten very far.    Dobby has become a bit eccentric and Winky, 
 well.... she's one butterbeer away from drowning in her own 
sorrows.     
 
 
> > 2. Why does Mrs. Norris make some sort of contact with 
> > those students she's suspicious of- making eye contact, 
> > brushing up against them? Is it something to do with her 
> > strange connection to Filch- does it set off a bat 
> > signal, of sorts?
> > 
 There has to be some sort of unseen connection between squibs and 
their cats.     How else could you explain it ?    Mrs. Norris does 
 the job of finding those breaking rules and then immediately upon 
 finding them, Filch turns up.    

> >  6. We know now that Percy's letter wasn't written under a 
> > curse, nor was it a matter of him trying to keep under 
> > cover as a double-agent. Why would it have mattered if 
> > the letter arrived during breakfast? Students don't read 
> > one another's mail. Does he think one letter from the 
> > estranged family member can turn Ron against all his 
> > friends and family?
> > 
 I think he felt as if he approached Ron one on one, he could 
 present him with his own reasonings as to why Ron's doing the wrong 
thing and supporting the wrong side.     Maybe he didn't quite 
 realize that Ron was "in" as far as he was and there was still a way 
for him to talk Ron over to his side a bit.     He wasn't speaking to 
his parents and this could have been a way for him to cause more pain 
 to them by pulling him over to the other side with him.   

Also, something to think about....a letter sent in private, late at 
 night, one on one is far more "personal" and maybe that was done in 
the way that someone would put their arm around someone alone and 
say, "Hey buddy ol' pal.... let's talk.".      

Kimberly


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