OotP Chapter Discussion: 36, Only One He Ever Feared

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 122551


"a_rude_mechanical" wrote:
> 
> Here's the first half of the summary/discussion of  OotP Chapter 
> Thirty Six, "The Only One He Ever Feared".  The discussion questions 
> occur within the summary and are marked with three dashes.  Thanks!!
><snip>

Carol:
Interesting way to set up the discussion, Elisabeth, and I love your
Yahoo ID. Should I call you Bottom or Snout? Okay, maybe Flute would
be better.

Elisabeth wrote: 
> ---Wizards don't need electricity, nor medicine; they can 
> apparate/disapparate; portkeys carry them from one location in the 
> world to another
and yet they still have to wait for elevators.  
> Which calls to mind this question:  why in the world doesn't 
> Bellatrix simply disapparate?  DD clearly believes that the other
DEs might because he immobilizes them with disapparation in mind.  
> So
.wha??? <snip>

Carol responds:
I think you can only apparate into the Atrium and then take the lifts
from there. (Employees can also use Floo Powder to enter and leave the
Atrium, but I'm sure that the fireplaces are monitored to prevent
illegal use.) It does seem odd that DD would need to apply an
anti-disapparating jinx if the same rules apply. Maybe the MoM figures
that only authorized people would be allowed in the building because
you can only apparate into the Atrium so it's possible to disapparate
from any part of the building(?). The lifts would still be needed for
those who used the visitor's entrance or Floo (not all wizards can
apparate).

As for Bellatrix, she can't leave because she thinks Harry still has
the Prophecy orb. I think she wants to taunt Harry and lure him into
fighting with her so she can Crucio or kill him and get it from him.
And just at the point when she discovers that it's broken, Voldemort
shows up.
 
Carol, realizing that she's just as confused as Elisabeth about the
anti-disapparation jinx