Our very own pensieve

[B.G.]

No: HPFGUIDX 130545

What a wonderful pensieve is this website!  We can deposit our 
thoughts along with others and see patterns and threads more clearly.

While Re-reading the books, as most of us are in preparation for 
Book 6, I was reminded of several similarities between characters 
that I hadn't thought much about before.  Such as - Hermione and 
Myrtle:  both are upset by hurtful remarks, both hide in a bathroom, 
and both face death as a result.  What's the difference?  Tom Riddle 
went into the bathroom to release the basilisk on a muggleborn - 
Harry entered the bathroom at great personal risk to save a 
muggleborn.  Harry early on was choosing what was right over what 
was easy.

I also am noticing (currently re-reading Book 5) that all the Houses 
are represented in the core group - Harry (Slytherin), Ron 
(Griffindor), Hermione (Ravenclaw) and Neville (Hufflepuff).  And 
all the Houses are represented except Slytherin in the DA - will 
the "good Slytherin" be the first to join in Book 6?  It is obvious 
that all Houses must work together to fight LV as the adults have in 
The Order.

It is also interesting how JKR used Umbridge to gather information 
regarding the teachers.  We now know when each of the teachers came 
to Hogwarts and a bit more about they handle themselves in a 
difficult situation.  The most surprising to me is McGonagall - she 
tends to do what is easy over what is right - IMO.