CHAPDISC: HBP17, A Sluggish Memory

[carodave92]

No: HPFGUIDX 153079

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at ...> wrote:
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> > CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 
> Chapter 17, A Sluggish Memory
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> Answers to the Questions which I have snipped.. 
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> 1. I think that Hermione is just saying that she hasn't forgotten. 
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> 9.  Slughorn is a true Slytherin that is for sure.  But we also 
see 
> that he does not agree with LV's agenda and with his actions.  Not 
> everyone who is a Slytherin is a evil bigot, so yes, one could 
make 
> the case for Slughorn being the `good Slytherin'.

Now Carodave:
I completely agree.  Slytherins are crafty and out for themselves.  
However, this doesn't mean that they want to see others hurt...and 
Slughorn shows the capacity for love (as does Pansy...) and 
friendship and loyalty.  It's just that he wants to be rewarded for 
those feelings...that makes him different from a Gryffindor who 
feels the same things.  However, he's not trying to hurt anyone and 
certainly doesn't approve of murder, or those who commit evil acts, 
so I agree that he is a 'good' Slytherin.

Carodave

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>  Tonks_op:
> 11. Fawkes is showing his approval and agreement for DD's thinking 
> on the matter. 

Now Carodave:

Tonks,  I agreed with all your replies to the chapter questions, but 
on this last point, I believe that Fawkes embodies the emotions of 
Hogwarts.  His two cries in this exchange indicate DD is feeling 
something deeply, just as his lament following DD's death indicates 
the deep sorrow of the school.

Carodave, who realizes that this sounded less crazy in her head...
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