[HPforGrownups] CHAPDISC: DH1, The Dark Lord Ascending

[shawn legare]

No: HPFGUIDX 175973

****1.  Snape and Yaxley "raised their left arms in a
kind of salute."  Is this a reference to World War II and the likening
of the Death Eaters to the Nazis, in Deathly Hallows?

Shawn:
Pretty sure it is, the whole book seems to swirl with
Nazi references.

*****4.  On the first reading of Deathly Hallows, who
did you think might be the person hanging unconscious above the table?

Shawn:
I was betting it was going to be someone from the
order, one of the Weaslys maybe.


*****6.  Voldemort gives Snape the seat of honor at
his right hand.  Is this because Snape is his "right-hand man"?  Or is
Voldemort "keeping his friends close, and his enemies closer"?

Shawn:
Nah, I don't think it was any of that. The way I got it
was that it was just Snape's time to give his "report" 
of the important upcoming movements of the Order and
Harry. If the purpose of the meeting was to hear what
Snape has to tell, then he should be up front and
center.

*****7.  Yaxley's information is different from
Snape's.  Is anyone in the Ministry who is not a member of the Order of the Phoenix aware that the Order will move Harry earlier than expected?

Shawn:
Certainly doesn't seem that way.

*****9.  Who is Snape's informant?  Who does Voldemort
think it is?  Is it the same person?

Shawn:
I think Snape is his own informant. Vold must think
this as well or he would not make such vital plans
around information that might have came from an
unreliable source. 

Shawn