A sandwich and a bed

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 178664

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "muscatel1988" <cottell at ...> 
wrote:

> there doesn't seem to be anything in canon* to indicate that when 
> you move from one year to another, you move to a different dormitory 
> (unlike a lot of school stories) - by assumption, a given room is
> allocated to First Years once it's been vacated by departing Seventh 
> Years.  

> I'm open to correction from canon on this, of course.


You don't need any corrections from canon, on the contrary, canon 
confirms that you are right and Harry slept in the same dorm and in the 
same bed every year. Here is the relevant quote (Harry and Ron come to 
their dorm for the first time in their 2nd year: "... and at last 
reached the door of their old dormitory, which now had a sign on it 
saying SECOND YEARS" (CoS p.85 Am. ed.).


> So an empty bed (or two - Ron's would be empty too) doesn't seem 
> too problematical.


Or three - Dean wasn't there as well :-). And for the last two weeks 
the dorm was empty, as Neville and Seamus moved to the RoR.

I wouldn't find it strange if Harry, Ron and Dean still had their beds 
waiting for them in the dormitory (if it wasn't destroyed during the 
battle). The new administration (Carrows) doesn't seem to have an easy 
access to dormitories, and I don't see why they would go around 
removing beds anyway :-). They just won't think to do it, it's not 
their job. Same goes for Snape. As for McGonagall, I think she would 
keep the beds just on principle :-).


zanooda