CHAPDISC: DH20, Xenophilius Lovegood

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No: HPFGUIDX 182904

Pea from Virginia - First time poster - long time fangirl of HP - I
tried to follow posting rules, let me know if I screwed up.


1. Hermione has not yet resolved her internal feelings towards the
situation.  I felt that her reaction  - while not one I would have
chosen, was thoroughly justifiable given the extreme circumstances
before and during their separation.  
 
2.  The Tabboo felt contrived because there are many more conceivable
ways to ab/use power in regards to a tabboo word or phrase.  

3. It's meant to show harry's disenchantment with DD - Harry has
consistently been emotionally reactive to events in the HPverse.  His
character is notone who often comes to rational conclusions - that's
for Hermy and Ron.

4.  Nail on the head. Harry's "youth/ignorance is no excuse" policy
refers back to his dad's youthful transgressions but it also pulls
forth from his extremely egocentric attitude.  He gives off an aura of
"If I can hack such a tough situation at my young age, then other
people should also behave reasonably."  He seems unfairly judge his
father's impetuous behavior while not considering his and his friends
behavior towards their enemies - the Weasley kids getting into a
quidditch fight, scaring the pants off Dudley, etc.

5.  JKR uses spiders so often as instruments that can be easily
tortured becasue they are a common creepy-crawly bug that most of the
world can identify with as being vermin.  

6.  I think the Lovegoods are the c-c-c-combo breaker of this theme. 
They have no qualms with their place in life, their friends and
acquaintances are limited and public opinion of them is... a mockery.
 Yet they are happy with the life they lead.  I can definitely
identify with Luna - not a lot of friends in my youth, I yearned for
'em, didn't get many -  but it didn't bother me too terribly.  Though
I'm always eager to make new friends, my father was always my best
friend when I was growing up.  I may be putting my face on Luna's
character, but I don't think she's as friend-obsessed as she appears
at times in the novel.  She didn't ask Harry to help her find her
belongings or to post fliers - in fact, she declined his assistance
and was very unaffected by the absence of her personal items. 

7.  Xeno has a daughter. Not a son. Ron didn't really notice girls
until right around the Tri-Wizard tournament, so it makes sense for
him not to be terribly interested in the female daughter of a
neighbor.  And after that, he really did look down on Luna and
probably wasn't too fussed to find out exactly where her house was.

8. Hrmm... I thought they meant "rook" as in bird - I thought the
house looked like a blackbird... there goes my reading comprehension.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(bird)  I figured that the look of
the bird, combined with the look of thehouse made it seem, in my minds
eye, to be disorderly of architecture, and with roughly hewn
shingles... My imagination runs away with me.

9. Xeno - is a lover of constructs outside of the norm.  More often
ideas than people.  I question JKR's ability to be so inventive with
creating a situation like that.  It seems to be par for the course for
a man in his situation.


10. I believe that the Lovegoods do not typify Ravenclaw especially
when one considers the other Ravenclaw students actions and statements
in comparison to Luna's.

11. A Thinking Cap!
 
11. Definitely suspicious. Luna would have loved to have her friends
assist her with plimpy-catching.
 
12. Why are their two 11s? KIDDING. I want to know why JKR may have
left out so much information about Luna's mother? Does Luna appear to
be the product of her father's tutelage, or does she have traits from
her mother as well? Did her mother's death affect Xeno to the point
where it may have shaken his character? Changed his personality?  What
is left behind of her mother's laboratory and belongings?