CHAPTER DISCUSSION PS/SS 17, The Man with Two Faces

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 188649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Megan Real" <poohmeg20 at ...> wrote:

off:
Just a couple of quick thoughts...

> CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Philosopher's Stone
> Chapter Seventeen, The Man with Two Faces
 
> Questions:
>  
> 1. The first time you read the chapter, were you surprised that it had been Quirrell trying to knock Harry off his broom back at the Quidditch match?

Very definitely. Although to be accurate, I had seen the film first 
but it was still a great surprise there.

> 2. What kind of spell do you think Quirrell used to get the rope to tie Harry up?

I suspect an Incarcerous spell.

> 5. What do you think would have happened if Voldemort had got the stone?

Well, the story would have ended there surely. Because he would 
have returned to a body and continued from before with his drive 
to take over the Wizarding World and probably succeeded.

> 6. In an alternate universe, if this book hadn't sold well, there might not have been any more published. If this had been a stand-alone book, with no sequels, would you have found it to be satisfying? 

I think that the book could have been popular as a stand-alone novel 
although the ending would have been rather weak and left matters 
up in the air.