HBP chapters 21-23 post DH look

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"Well, what Harry said is the most useful if we're trying to tell 
them apart!" said Ron. "when we come face to face with one down a 
dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, 
aren't we, we're not going to be asking, "Excuse me, are you the 
imprint of the departed soul?" - p.460

Alla:

So I swore to myself that I will ignore the crap that Snape gives 
Harry during this reread, and I almost managed to be good. But you 
know, my curiosity got the best of me here. So, question is if this 
answer is wrong for Snape, Harry's answer I mean, which answer did he 
expect? Did he expect any answer at all?

I have a feeling that Snape was always determined to shot Harry's 
answers down, even if they are right and I think this one was as 
perfect and as useful as it can get, but hey what do I and Ron know?




"Nonsense," said Slughorn briskly, "couldn't be plainer you come from 
decent Wizarding stock, abilities like yours. No, you'll go far Tom, 
I've never been wrong about a student yet" - p.495


Alla:

Indeed Horace, he will go far. Sigh.

"You're a good boy," said Professor Slughorn, tears trickling down 
his fat cheeks into his walrus mustache. "And you've got her eyes... 
Just don't think too badly of me once you've seen it..." - p.491

Alla:

I just don't get it. I mean, I am sure Slughorn is sorry, but why not 
give the memory to Dumbledore right away. I mean, you are sorry but 
not enough to rectify your mistake? What people think of you matters 
more than trying to undo the wrong you did?


"He, Harry, had had too much experience of trying to wheedle 
information out of reluctant people not to recognize a master at 
work." - p.497


Alla:

Blink. Really? I thought this was Harry's first experience of the 
kind.