[HPforGrownups] CHAP DISC: HBP 22, After the Burial

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 159476


Monday, October 9, 2006, 7:16:24 PM, allies426 wrote:

a> 3. Harry was surprised to hear that werewolves sometimes kill their 
a> victim. Were you? In PoA, didn't Snape seem to imply that Lupin 
a> could have killed him during the Prank? Why doesn't Harry remember 
a> that? 

Dave:
I think Harry has conditioned himself so that anything Snape says goes
directly into Harry's mental "Bozo Bin".


a> 5. Harry didn't actually have 24 hours' worth of Felix Felicis, he 
a> only had a 12-hour dose. Is it possible that his "measured" gulp 
a> didn't last as long as he thought it would? Might he have been on 
a> his own at the end of the conversation in Hagrid's hut? Or was that 
a> just a flint?

Dave:
I think it was probably a flint.


a> 8. Harry thinks how upset Hermione would be by Slughorn making a 
a> house-elf taste wine that could be poisoned. Are we EVER going to 
a> see something come of Hermione's obsession with house-elves?

Dave:
Probably only in the epilogue, when we hear about her activism in a
post-Voldemort WW.


a> 11. Felix tells Harry that Slughorn won't remember their 
a> conversation in the morning. Do you think that's true? Even if it 
a> is, a Legilimens like Voldemort could probably see the truth.

Dave:
My interpretation of that bit is that Harry is not thinking about LV,
but is considering the possibility of retribution to himself at the
next Potions class for "tricking" Prof. S. out of the memory.


a> Is Slughorn in great danger now that he has given Harry the memory?

Dave:
Not as long as Harry can keep his horcrux hunt a secret, but who knows
how long that will be?


a> 12. What was your reaction to the "remorseless" way Harry described 
a> his parents' murder in this scene? Do you think he only did that 
a> because he had to, or is he less sensitive about the subject now? 

Dave:
I think he's just as sensitive, but willing to do what it takes to
break through Slughorn's Slytherinian instinct of self-preservation
in order to appeal to his more moral, compassionate side.


-- 
Dave