23, Malfoy Manor

[jkoney65]

No: HPFGUIDX 183530

Discussion Questions:
1) What did you think of Harry's story, that he is a Slytherin 
named Vernon Dudley whose father works at the Ministry?

Jack-A-Roe:
I thought that they all should have come up with fake names before 
that just in case they were caught. But at least he was thinking on 
his fee.



2) Greyback takes the party to Malfoy Manor rather than 
summoning Voldemort himself. Harry surmises this is because Greyback 
is not a marked Death Eater. What do you think? 

Jack-A-Roe:
I thought Harry was correct. There is no way that Voldemort would 
have ever marked a werewolf. I don't think that Voldemort thinks of 
them as anything but "cannon fodder."



3) Narcissa Malfoy seems to have some authority: Greyback and 
his men defer to her, and she decides to let them in. What is her 
status, do you think? Which events of this chapter helped to form 
that opinion?

Jack-A-Roe:
Narcissa is acting exactly how they expect her to act as the mistress 
of the mansion. I doubt they know that Lucius is held in such low 
regard. The fact that she is also the sister of Bella probably 
doesn't hurt.


4) What did you think of Draco in the scene where he is asked to 
identify Harry?

Jack-A-Roe
I thought he still didn't have much of a spine. He knows he isn't cut 
out for the DE's, but he isn't able/willing to stand up to them. 
Giving a non answer is his best bet at surviving....a very slytherin 
trait.

5) Lucius, Bella, and Greyback all argue over who should get 
what credit for the capture. What does each hope to gain?

Jack-A-Roe:
They hope that it will improve their standing with Voldemort.


6) Did you learn anything knew about/form any new opinions of 
Bellatrix in this chapter?

Jack-A-Roe:
That she wasn't completely insane. She realized if the got the sword 
from her vault, they could have also gotten the cup and is petrified 
to find out that they did.


7) What did you think prompted Bella's extreme fear when she 
believed the Sword of Gryffindor was stolen from her vault?

Jack-A-Roe:
She knew she had something important from Voldemort and was petrified 
that it might have been stolen.


8) What did you think was the explanation for Dumbledore's eye 
in the broken mirror?

Jack-A-Roe:
That had me confused. Was Dumbledore going to do a Gandalf and appear 
from what we thought was his death? Was his death faked? I also 
couldn't remember the color of Sirius' eyes, and could it possibly be 
him.


9) "May your loyalty never waver again", Voldemort said to Peter 
after giving him the silver hand in GoF. Now we know what he meant. 
What did you think of Peter's death? Did you like or dislike the way 
it ended his story? Do you see any special meaning in it?

Jack-A-Roe:
I liked the way it turned out, it was better than I had imagined it 
would be. Loyalty wasn't one of Peter's strong suits and Voldemort 
knew this. Having him die for his lack of loyalty was a fitting end 
to the person who turned over his best friends for death.


10) Do you think, when Peter let Harry go, he experienced a 
sincere regret for his past actions? Why or why not?

Jack-A-Roe:
No, I don't think he regretted his past actions for a minute. He had 
over a decade to make a run for it. He could of crawled onto a ship 
and left Britain for ever. Instead he waited for Voldemort.


11) Why do you think Griphook lied to Bella?

Jack-A-Roe:
He wasn't going to survive for long any ways, why help them out? I 
think it also tickled his fancy to lie to wizards about the goblin 
made (and in his mind goblin owned) sword.


12) What did you think was going on with Voldemort in this 
chapter? What ideas did you have concerning the identity of the old 
man in the tower?

Jack-A-Roe:
I had no doubts as to who the old man was. Voldemort frenzy was still 
building at this point. I don't believe he was thinking as clearly as 
he could have been.


13) Can someone explain to me why Dobby's death is the one death 
in this book that originally did, and still does, move me to tears, 
even though I always found him annoying? 

Jack-A-Roe:
To me, Dobby represented innocence. All he wanted was to be free of 
the Malfoy's and to be able to work. Helping Harry out was probably a 
dream of his. He was childlike in his simplicity.

His death seemed to be the death of innocence. It's effect on Harry 
was devastating and was the kick in the rear that Harry needed to try 
and finish his quest.

Jack-A-Roe