CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: Chapter Thirty seven - The lost prophecy

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 124047


Discussion questions:

1. Do you think we will ever meet Phineas again? What do you think
about the possibility of the network of portraits playing even
larger role in the later battles?

Tonks:
Yes.

(2. and 5. were answered in a longer separate post.)


3. Dumbledore is sure that Harry IS the person the prophecy talks
about. Are you?

Tonks:
Yes. But I think there is something about Neville. He will have some 
part in the finial outcome.


4. Harry complains to Dumbledore that Occlumency lessons were
weakening him. Dumbledore replies with his usual vow of trust for
Snape. Do you trust Snape?

Tonks:
Yes, if DD trust Snape than so do I.  I trust DD's judgement. In CS 
Tom Riddle tells Harry that DD didn't seem to like him. I think DD 
can see a person heart and true nature.


6. Voldemort did not choose the pureblood wizard like
Neville "which, according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard
worth being or knowing."
Does this quote make a difference in your view on whether Voldemort
himself is sufficiently interested in promoting "purebloodism" or
just in grabbing power, no matter who helps him achieve it?

Tonks:
I think that the person that can be LV equal has to have the same 
blood balance that he does. There is a reason for this. I think that 
Harry's upcoming death will redeem both the WW and the MW.


7. Do you agree with the possibility that Neville may turn out to
be the real prophecy boy?

Tonks:
No.

8. Do you think that there is a possibility that the prophecy does
not speak about either Harry or Neville? Can you offer completely
new and unexpected interpretation of it?

Tonks:
I think that it is pretty clear that Harry is the one marked as his 
equal. 


9. Do you think that JKR is hinting that Sibyll is a more gifted 
seer that Dumbledore thinks? Do you think that there is more to 
Sibyll than
meets the eye?

Tonks:
For the most part I don't put must stock in that sort of thing. But 
she may be getting some of it correct without knowing it.

10. Who is the infamous eavesdropper?

Tonks:
I don't know.

11. Dumbledore tells Harry, "In the end, it mattered not that you
could not close your mind. It was your heart that saved you." Does
this mean that occlumency lessons were unnecessary in the first
place? Was Dumbledore aware that Harry has plenty of that power in
that room BEFORE possession occurred?

Tonks:
I think that DD knows that Harry has a lot of Love within him. DD 
says "In the end.." this doesn't mean that Occlumency was not 
necessary. It only mean that when all hope is gone Love will be your 
greatest strength. 

12. Do you think that this chapter was well done "plot wise"? 

Tonks:
I think it is good.

13. We see Dumbledore crying in this chapter for the first time in
the books. What did you feel when you read about Dumbledore's tear?

Tonks:
I think that Betsy says it well in her post. DD know the burden that 
is being placed on Harry. DD feels Harry's pain at the lost of 
Sirius.  DD is thinking of all of the people that Harry has lost, 
including Lily and James. DD realizes the burden on Harry is one 
that even an adult wizard like DD would find hard to shoulders. All 
of this just isn't fair to a young orphan boy without a chance of a 
normal future. And a boy that DD has grown to love. DD understand 
more that Harry does what is in store for Harry and DD's heart is 
breaking. He would take the burden himself if he could, but as Betsy 
said this time he can't. 

Tonks_op