CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: Chapter Thirty-Eight - The Second War Begins

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Dan:

1 - This denouement has some extravagance - the idea of a partner for 
Grawp, the departure of Umbridge, the attack on the Hogwarts express, 
the encounter with the Dursleys at the station. Did any of these 
events bother you, or pose questions for you, make you think of 
related incidents or have ethical concerns?

Hickengruendler:

> Yes, the idea of a female Grawp bothers me very much. As if the 
> spiders weren't enough in the forest. I mean, once there is a she 
> Grawp, there surely will be babys soon. And one Grawp is annoying 
> enough. The rest I found pretty funny and lively, and I can't get 
> enough of Malfoy being hexed.


Alla:

LOL, I am one of those who also want Grawp to go away and never come 
back, therefore idea of the partner for him did bother me a great 
deal. :o) How would you call their babies? Grawpsies? Grawps Jr.? No, 
I don't want to see that to happen.

I'd love to see Hagrld and Madame Maxine together though.

Encounter with Dursleys bothered me a great deal. I wanted to scream 
something like "where have you been all those years, idiots"? :)

Departure of Umbridge - nope, was not bothered at all, in fact was 
incredibly happy.

 
Dan:
2 - There are a couple versions of "afterlife" presented here - 
Nick's and Luna's. What is the difference - or rather, if one version 
is consternating and the other comforting, what is Rowling getting at?

Alla:

I believe that with Luna's ideas she foreshadowed that at one point 
Harry will definitely talk to Sirius either by going through the Veil 
or some form of Sirius will come back to help Harry.


Dan:

3 - In this chapter, the inner isolation of Harry is emphasized, even 
with the DA helping Harry, the public acknowledgement of Voldemort's 
return, and peer recognition at school. Is this development integral 
to Harry as hero, as the one who must defeat Voldemort?


Alla:

I think that Harry will be isolated for a while, but isolation from 
his friends will end pretty fast. Isolation from the adults is a 
totally different story. 

Great questions, Dan.


Alla