Saving Ginny (was Re: Lockhart's incompetence)

[Lorie J. O'Donnell]

No: HPFGUIDX 143266

On Nov 20, 2005, at 9:00 AM, pippin_999 wrote:

>  Pippin:
>  What part of "Her skeleton will lie in the Chamber for ever" 
>  would make them think the Heir hadn't killed this time?  I 
>  could add that knowing the monster was a basilisk didn't save 
>  Hermione.

I respectfully disagree.  The knowledge that the monster was a 
basilisk certainly did save Hermione.  Had she not figured that 
out, she would have never been looking around corners with 
mirrors, and thus would have died instead of being petrified when 
coming "face to face" with the basilisk.

>  Pippin:
>  The thoughtful reader has a clue that the adults aren't quite 
>  as dumb as Harry and Ron think they are.

I never get the idea that Ron and Harry think the adults are dumb 
- well, except for Lockhart, but by the end of the book pretty 
much everyone thinks that.  I think Harry realizes that he has 
more information than any of the adults.  He knows what the 
monster is (thanks to Hermione), which helped him figure out who 
the murdered girl was and where she died.  He knows (again, 
thanks to Hermione) how the monster is getting around the school.  
He speaks Parseltongue, which gets them through the Chamber 
entrance.  Dumbledore is gone, and he doesn't have time to bring 
anyone else up to speed.  He just does what he has to do.


Lorie

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