PoA ch 11-13 post DH look

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 181536

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> "You won't, will you, Harry?" said Hermione.
> "Because Black's not worth dying for," said Ron. - p.159
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Apparently he is, sigh as Harry discovers in OOP as we know.
> 
Bex:
And, Sirius feels that Harry is worth dying for as well. <tear>

> Alla:
> 
> Yeah, Lucius lost LOTS of power after CoS... NOT if you ask my  
> opinion. And looking at this post DH I suddenly wondered if 
> Malfoys will have any sort of power in post Voldemort world. 
> Frankly, I would not put it past them.

Bex:
Apparently after he got sacked as school governor, he started throwing
his weight around in the Ministry. I suppose that Draco would still
have a good deal of swing post_DH, even with the stigma of his father
staying in Azkaban. I mean, after all, money talks.

PoA: 
> Professor Trelawney behaved almost normally untill the very end of 
> Christmas dinner, two hours later. Full to bursting with Christmas 
> dinner, and still wearing their cracker hats, Harry and Ron got up 
> first from the table and she shrieked loudly.
> "My dears! Which of you left his seat first? Which/"
> 
> 
> Alla:
> Remember how we used to argue whether this one will be true 
> prediction of dear Trelawney or another joke? Well, if we think 
> that Harry left his table first, do you think in light of the 
> ending it counts as true prediction?
> 
> I mean of course if you are absolutely sure that Harry only had 
> near death experience, it does not count, but I am more inclined 
> to believe that he died and came back and I do not think that 
> DD's words about in his head are phrased definitively.
> 
Bex:
Aaaah, yes. HArry Potter. Not only the only human ever to survive the
Killing Curse, but also the only one to ever recover from it. ;)

PoA:
> "Harry cast about for a happy memory. Certainly, nothing that had 
> happened to him at the Dursleys was going to do." - p.176
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Not one happy memory during eleven years and other summers, not ONE. 
> 
> I find it very sad
Bex:
I think we are seeing a bit of exaggeration here. Harry surely had
happy memories from there - times when he'd make fun of Dudley and
have a good laugh, and let's not forget the day at the Zoo. But they
usually come in tandem with other, less happy memories (like Dudley
punching him, or being locked in the cupboard).


PoA: 
> "Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off--" - 
> p.178
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Hmmm, I am glad that James says same thing at least in DH.
>
Bex:
Yes. Continuity is a good thing.

The thing that stood out to me in this section was Harry's dream right
after the Quidditch match versus Ravenclaw. Seemed strangely
reminiscent of a scene in DH.

"[Harry] had a very strange dream. He was walking through a forest,
his Firebolt over his shoulder, following something silvery-white. It
was winding its way through the trees ahead, and he could only catch
glimpses of it between the leaves. Anxious to catch up with it, he
sped up, but as he moved faster, so did his quarry. Harry broke into a
run, and ahead he heard hooves gathering speed. Now he was running
flat out, and ahead he could hear galloping. The he turned a corner
into a clearing and - " (PoA, US PB, pg 265).

I wonder if Jo was thinking of this scene when she wrote the one in DH.

Bex, who is really enjoying these discussions, especially on PoA,
which is her favorite book in the series.