Harry and Charlie

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 183197

> Montavilla47:
> I think what JKR tends to do is veer from one side to the other.  
There are
> times in her stories where it seems obvious that we're supposed to be
> reading HP like we'd read a Roald Dahl story--and take no more mind 
of 
> Draco being bounced up and down than Veruca Salt dropping in the nut 
> bin.  

Magpie:
She wrote that scene strangely if she wanted me to take it that way. I 
know plenty of people do read the scene as just funny, but I did, and 
thought it was written in a sympathetic way, what with the little 
ferret squealing in pain as he smacked against hard stone, leaving 
Draco with his eyes filled with tears. Yipes!

When the villain was revealed I thought the idea was to give us a clue 
that he was really a sadist DE so we were supposed to notice that.

-m