CHAPDISC: DH4, The Seven Potters

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 177778

> CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
> Chapter 4, The Seven Potters
> 
> Questions
> 
> 1.  ... How do the memories and events around Sirius's bike 

Aussie:
JKR tries to remind old readers, and introduce new readers, to 
previous storylines. Many people asked what happened to that bike, 
so JKR used DH to give some closure on some of those questions.
 
> 2.  Harry's feeling in this quote? "...like remembering a younger 
brother whom he had lost." 

Aussie:
glad someone already answered that .. i would have taken ages to 
find it.

> 3.  Were you surprised by ...team members--? 
> Why did JKR set it up like this?

Aussie:
Kingsley! Straight after Vernon was told Kingsley was doing too 
important a job guarding the PM, Harry out ranks the PM by getting 
Kingsley.
But no McGonagall? 
 
> 4.  Compare ...Advance Guard from OoP. How is it different?
>  How has the mood changed? 

Aussie:
Most of the OP guards never met Harry. But the DH guards had to 
immitate Harry. They had to know him, so were closer to his age and 
so more fun. 
 
> 5.  Tonks's parents and Molly's Auntie Muriel
> providing safe houses? Are they Order members?

Aussie
Not OP members, but Tonk's parents are more aware of OP than other 
safe house providers. The others just knew someone would arrive and 
would need to use a portkey. They didn't 'need to know' who was 
coming. They just needed to keep the protective spells in place.
 
> 6.  There are some laugh-out-loud jokes in the beginning of the
> chapter. ... What do you think of JKR's use of humor here?

Aussie:
The beginning of the book was without much humour until the twins 
arrived. It was going to get worse soon, so the timing was great. 
Loved the jokes and Harry seeing an expression on his (Fleur's) face 
that he never wanted to see again.
Knowing of the Polyjuice, would Hermione and Fleur had worn singlets?

> 7.  ...Firebolt is lost, Hedwig is killed. Harry's
> attention is on the battle. Did the pacing of the story affect your
> reaction to Hedwig's death? ... Is there a literary reason for 
> Hedwig's death and the loss of the Firebolt?

Aussie:
I paused with Hedwig's death anyway. 
Hedwig and the Firebolt would have been too tempting for Harry to 
use and too easy to trace. JKR had to dispose of them.
 
> 8.  Moody's plan was based on the best information he had. But in
> what ways did his plan backfire? Which beliefs were wrong? Should
> Harry have been paired with someone else? 

Aussie:
Moody's plan was based on Mundungus. Ther should have been scouts, 
or even Mrs Figgs cats as lookouts. Harry was paired with the 
wizard/witch least likely to be able to Side-Along-Disapperate 
should the need arise.
 
> 9.  Did you remember that Voldemort was not using his own wand? 
> What were your thoughts about Harry's wand acting on its own?
 
Aussie:
No repeat of the graveyard with another wand since it wouldn't be 
the wand's twin. 
"... we're no nearer catching Black than inventing self-spelling 
wands." (Arther Weasley to Molly in Leaky Cauldron - POA). No wonder 
everyone thought Harry imagined his wand acting on it own.

> 10. Were there any incidences of irony that you noticed at a re-
> reading?

Aussie: 
"Lily's protection will break as soon as Harry turns 17 or as soon 
as he no longer calls Privet Drive home." 
I thought Harry never wanted to return to Privot Drive after Blowing 
up his aunt in POA.

> 11. Was the overall plot advanced beyond the events of the chapter?
> Did you see any detail that played into the story later?

Aussie:
Voldemort's broomless flying technique. It was not Disapperating to 
a point just ahead (since Severus would not be able to copy that 
while escaping Hogwarts grounds). I wondered if his robes 
wereenchanted with similar spell as they use on Flying Carpets 
(mentioned in GOF as not being allowed to be imported). I thought 
that would play a part later in the book.
 
> 12. Your question here:

Aussie:
"Harry sees Hagrid, spread-eagled on the ground" ... Hagrid is my 
favourite, and I thought he died here and with the spiders during 
the Hogwarts battle.