CHAPDISC: DH 22, The Deathly Hallows

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 183183

> "jmnabers" wrote:
>
> CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: Chapter 22, The Deathly Hallows
> ...
> The discussion quickly turns to ... Is there any truth in the 
> story of the Deathly Hallows?
> 
> Ron disagrees, pointing out that lying under pressure is 
> more difficult than she can imagine. ...

> Harry suddenly remembers that Marvolo Gaunt, Voldemort's 
> grandfather, claimed to be a descendent of the Peverell family. 
> ... Harry speculates that Marvolo's ring must contain the 
> Resurrection Stone; 
> 
> Harry, ... realizes that he must be a descendent 
> of Ignotus Peverell and that his invisibility cloak must be one of 
> the Hallows. He also is convinced that the snitch from Dumbledore 
> must contain the Resurrection Stone in the form of the destroyed 
> horcrux.
> 
> Harry realizes he would only need the Elder Wand to complete the 
> trio. He intuitively understands that Voldemort must be after the 
> Elder Wand, too. ...
> 
> Weeks pass. Harry can think only of the Hallows; Hermione and Ron 
> can think only of the horcruxes. ... Finally, one night in 
> March, they are able to pick up the Potterwatch program.
> 
> Discussion Questions:
> 1) Why does Hermione do her best to protect Xenophilius from the 
> Death Eaters? Is it only because of her feelings of friendship for 
> Luna? Or did she, like Harry, recognize his desperation to save 
his 
> child?

1) Aussie: Because Luna is their friend and also to protect the 
ignorant (Mr Lovegood doesn't know how close Harry & co are to 
destroying Voldemort)
> 
> 2) Why does Hermione consider the trips to Godric's Hollow and the 
> Lovegood household "a waste of time"?

2) Aussie: Neither trip helped them get closer to destroying the 
Horcruxes, which she sees as their main mission. She has given up 
her parents and relationships with others to go this lonely course.
> 
> 3) Harry realizes that his "talk of living with dead people" had 
> scared of Hermione. Why is living with dead people comforting to 
> Harry and yet frightening to Hermione?

3) Aussie: It could be because many muggle born have been targetted. 
Catermole with Dementors around was about to be damned to Azkaban or 
worse with her there seeing other Muggle borns taken away from 
Umbridge's court. She could only sit passively and watch the 
suffering. 
Also, she would have had a sheltered homelife before meeting Harry. 
Death wasn't high on her wish list (since she couldn't see 
Thestrells in OOTP, we know she never saw anyone die prior to that 
time)
> 
> 4) Why is Harry able to put the story together so quickly? It says 
> his "imagination was racing ahead, far beyond Ron & Hermione's."  
> Is it imagination, experience,or something else that allows Harry  
> to make the intuitive leaps that other cannot?

4) Aussie: Harry was more intimately related to the Gaunt/Voldemort 
experiences.  
> 
> 5) When Harry realizes that Voldemort must also want the Elder  
> Wand, it "extinguishes" all of his hope and happiness. Why?

5) Aussie: This whole book is Hallows versus Horcruxes. and now 
Harry learns that Voldemort is protected (or soon will be) by both. 
How many times does he have to face this guy getting more and more 
invincible?
> 
> 6) If Harry is right, Dumbledore did not tell him the secret to 
> being the master of Death because he needed Harry to discover it 
> for himself. Does this agree with Dumbledore's previous treatment 
> of Harry? How would Harry be different if Dumbledore did tell him 
> what he needed rather than letting Harry work it out for himself? 
> What role do Ron and Hermione play in his discoveries?

6) Aussie: Dumbledore didn't need Harry to follow orders. He needed 
Harry to be a willing sacrifice in the final battle. That could not 
come from being told to do it, but evolving into the sacrifice.
> 
> 7) Harry wishes his scar would burn again because "for the first 
> time ever, he and Voldemort were united in wanting the very same 
> thing." When his visions do return, they are blurred. Why are the 
> visions different now than they have been in the past?

7) Aussie: Until Voldemort has a highly emotional stimulous, visions 
are low powered. Emotional rage and passion would shout visions 
accross to Harry.
> 
> 8) Harry feels that Ron and Hermione are obsessed with the 
> horcuxes. She accuses him of being obsessed with the Hallows and 
> tells him that they are "the ones trying to do what Dumbledore 
> wanted us to do!" Why are they at an impasse over the way to 
> proceed? Why does Harry "give up on her"?

8) Aussie: When warriers don't have an enemy to fight, they fight 
each other. 
> 
> 9) As Harry retreats into his own imagination, Ron starts to take 
> charge. Is Ron only capable of leadership because Harry is 
> distracted or is it something else?

9) Aussie: Ron may have matured when he was able to destroy the 
locket Horcrux. Plus, there is no hope to put things right with his 
family or the community he grew up in without Harry to fight 
Voldemort.
> 
> 10)If Harry is so determined that finding the Elder Wand is the 
> way to proceed, why do they waste months without making any real 
> progress? What, if anything, is achieved in these long months of 
> camping?

10) Aussie: Many times JKR stalls to wrap things up nicely in the 
end of the schooling year. The scenes that follow this chapter rush 
forward quickly. Weather and tempo need to be right to finish the 
story.
> 
> 11)What is it about the Potterwatch broadcast that makes Harry 
> feel more connected to the world?

11) Aussie: Some familiar voices (twins, Lee, Lupin) help a lot. It 
is lonely out in front.
> 
> 12) Why do Lupin's words cause Harry to feel "a mixture of 
> gratitude and shame"?

12) Aussie: He still doesn't know if he will ever see Lupin alive 
again, and his last words to him were spoken in anger. This, the 
sole surviving close friend of his father's.
> 
> 13) Why does Lupin say that Harry's instincts are "good and nearly 
> always right"? Are these words in reference to the past, or are 
> they meant to foreshadow events to come?

13) Aussie: Reference to the disarming spell against Stan Shunpike. 
The guy names Harry as his son's godfather, so doesn't doubt Harry's 
role or ability too much.
> 
> 14) Is the rush of emotions Harry felt while listening to 
> Potterwatch responsible for his reckless saying of Voldemort's 
> name? If not, what causes him to break the taboo that he's kept 
> for months?

14) Aussie: For whatever reason, JKR was able to stop the hiatus and 
get the horcrux/Hallows hunt going agian.

EXTRA QUESTION:
15) Harry would know Dumbledore had the Ring and knowledge of the 
cloak. What implications does this have?