CHAPDISC: DH 23, Malfoy Manor

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183484

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jerri/Dan Chase" 
<danjerri at ...> wrote:

> > 1) What did you think of Harry's story, that he is a Slytherin
> > named Vernon Dudley whose father works at the Ministry?
 
> I was reminded of the time in PoA when Harry said he was Neville 
> Longbottom, when he thought the MoM was after him for blowing up 
> Aunt Marge.


zanooda:

It wasn't funny the first time I read it, as the whole situation was 
so horrible, but later I found "Vernon Dudley" rather amusing, 
because Harry is trying here to invent a new personality for himself, 
and surely this new personality better be as far from Muggles as 
possible, but the only names that come to Harry's mind are his Muggle 
relatives' names :-).



> Jerri wrote:

> > 6) Did you learn anything knew about/form any new opinions of
> > Bellatrix in this chapter?
 
> Up until this chapter I wasn't sure how much Bellatrix knew about 
> the horcrux's.  I assume from this chapter that she at least knew 
> about the Cup, having been given the job of keeping it safe in her 
> Gringotts vault.


zanooda:

I'm not sure I agree with you. Harry believed that Bella didn't know 
*what* the Cup was, just like Lucius didn't know what the Diary 
was: "I don't think he'd have told Bellatrix it was a Horcrux, 
though. He never told Lucius Malfoy the truth about the diary. He 
probably told her it was a treasured possession and asked her to 
place it in her vault" (p.491 Am.ed.). Of course it's just Harry's 
opinion, but I tend to agree with him :-). I think LV wouldn't trust 
anyone, even Bella, with the knowledge of his preciousss Horcruxes. 
JMO.