CHAPTER DISCUSSION: ch. 32 "Out of the Fire"

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 118330


Ginger wrote:
 
> 
> 3)  This is the second time that Ginny is able to cut Harry off 
mid-
> pique.  (The first being when she points out that she too knows 
what 
> it is like to be possessed.)  Does this speak for her character?  
Or 
> is it that she is someone outside the trio, so Harry is not as 
used 
> to her comments?  Or (I'm gonna kick myself for asking this) could 
it 
> have shipping implications?

Potioncat:
I'm going to kick myself for answering, but she does "deflate his 
head" a bit doesn't she?
> 

> 
> 5)  Umbridge says she is going to loosen Harry's tongue with the 
> Cruciatus curse.  She is pointing her wand at Harry.  Knowing 
Harry's 
> tolerance for the Quill, don't you think she would have gotten the 
> truth out of him more easily by torturing one of his friends and 
> making him watch?  Or does she not understand love between 
friends?  
> Or did she choose to curse Harry in the hopes that one of his 
weaker 
> friends would crack to spare Harry the pain? 

Potioncat:
Well, I'm just glad you aren't Umbridge!  
> 
> 6)  What do you think of Snape's actions?  He managed to warn 
Harry 
> that she had used veritaserum on him once, which should have put 
> Harry on his guard.  He played up to Umbridge without being any 
help 
> whatsoever. (And got in some delightfully snarky comments as 
well.)  
> He saved Neville from choking with another snarky comment to 
Crabbe.  
> Do you think he could have given Harry a clue that he understood 
> him?  Or would that have been too risky as Umbrigde had just seen 
> through him enough to put him on probation? 

Potioncat:
I'm not sure what's going on.  Snape stops, turns and looks Harry in 
the eye.  Maybe that was his clue.  He also made reference to a 
Babbling Beverage.  (I don't know if one was ever mentioned before, 
couldn't find one in the Lexicon.) And I'm not sure if that was a 
clue or just buying time.  Just the fact that Harry knows Snape is 
in the order, and Snape tells Crabbe to let up on Neville...was that 
his way of saying he was helping?

I would say that I'm a little disappointed that Snape didn't listen 
in for a few moments after he walked out.  What would he have done 
if he had known Umbridge was going to use the cruciatus?  


Great discussion!