CHAPDISC: 34, The Forest Again.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 185008

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler" 
> <hickengruendler@> wrote:
>  
> > I think that depends on the edition. As far as I know, the American 
> > editions do have a table of contest.
 
Geoff:
You mean people fight over who gets the list of contents?
:-)))

zanooda: 
> Yeah, the American edition does have a table of contents, and it's 
> right in the beginning of the book, so everyone is welcome to look 
> for possible spoilers there :-).


Geoff:
The Bloomsbury editions in the UK do not have a list. This can be a
thundering nuisance if you are trying to find a particular chapter and
have forgotten the number and therefore have to go through the 
book to find the section you want by trial and error.

Eggplant, like myself, has only been posting occasionally of late, but I 
find myself again in the uncommon situation of agreeing with what she 
wrote in message 185000: "I thought it was one of the most powerful 
chapters in the entire Harry Potter series, rivaled only by a few chapters 
in Goblet of Fire." [US spelling is the original, not mine :-)].

I have on more than one occasion said that chapters 34-36 are for me 
the finest chapters that JKR wrote in the whole series. There are indeed 
other chapters which are good - the revelation of Sirius as being a 
"goodie" in POA and the equally astounding unmasking of Barty Crouch
 Junior in GOF come to mind - but for me, there is just something extra 
in her writing at the end. There is a flow and an intensity which hasn't 
always been seen earlier.

I know we haven't reached chapter 36 yet but I still treasure the moment 
in this chapter when the sun comes over the window sill as Voldemort 
and Harry come to the OK corral for the final shoot out:
"A red-gold glow burst suddenly across the enchanted sky above them, as
an edge of dazzling sun appeared over the sill of the nearest window. The
light hit both of their faces at the same time, so that Voldemort's  was
suddenly a flaming blur. Harry heard the high voice shriek as he, too, 
yelled his best hope to the heavens, pointing Draco's wand:
'Avada Kedavra!'
'Expelliarmus!'.

Magic - in every sense.