CHAPDISC: DH28, THE MISSING MIRROR

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No: HPFGUIDX 184279

 
> 1. How did the DEs know that the Trio would apparate into Hogsmeade 
> and not to any other place? What obvious moment am I missing?

Potioncat:
I think the alarm was set up as a precaution. As someone else has 
said, it would be the best place to get to Hogwarts.
> 
> 2. Was Aberforth really sincere in his urging of Harry to abandon 
his
> quest? That is, did Aberforth really think Harry should just stop?

Potioncat:
I think he was sincere. He had given up. Also, he doesn't know about 
the prophecy. 
> 
> 3. "he had made his choice when he dug Dobby's grave; he had decided
> to continue along the winding, dangerous path indicated to him by
> Albus Dumbledore, to accept that he had not been told everything 
that
> he wanted to know, but simply to trust" What  significance if any do
> you see in this quote?

Potioncat:
Except for the digging Dobby's grave part, it could be Snape. Both of 
them have had...will have had... to go through the same series of 
decisions.

> 
> 4. Can you reconcile Elphias Doge's statement that Albus and
> Aberforth were friends and that they reestablished cordial
> relationship some time after Ariana's death with the way Aberforth
> talks to Harry about his brother? Why or why not?

Potioncat:
Cordial probably does describe their public behavior and it seems 
they had re-established their relationship. That doesn't mean they 
agreed or got along well. But it does mean they agreed to connect.
> 
> 5. Which happy memory Aberforth uses for his patronus?

I'm not sure. Are you thinking something goat related? Remember, the 
happy thought doesn't produce the form of the Patronus. I think he 
has a happy thought about Ariana. 

There was a thread a long time ago--before DH--that associated her 
name with goats. All very innocent and sweet. But I can't find it 
now. When I try to google her name, I don't find any goat connection.

JKR's interviews have made this an uncomfortable topic--at least for 
me.   

> 
> 10. By the end of this chapter, we and Harry have heard three
> accounts of the Dumbledores, from Doge, Skeeter, and Aberforth. 
Which
> account did you find most credible, and why?

Potioncat:
Each person has brought something to the telling. I'd like to go back 
and read each one before answering.
> 
> 11. Were you surprised by any of Aberforth's revelations? Did they
> affect your view of Albus?

Potioncat:
By this point, Albus Dumbledore has fallen far from the pedestal many 
of us once thought he stood on.