CHAPTER DISCUSSION PS/SS 10, THE HALLOWEEN

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CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Philosopher's Stone
Chapter Nine, The Halloween.

Halloween comes to Hogwarts. Harry gets a gift from Professor McGonagall during the next Owl delivery, the gift being a broomstick, which makes Draco Malfoy unhappy. Harry gets his first Quidditch introduction from Oliver Wood, who is impressed with Harry's skill and thinks that Gryffindor is going to win Quidditch Cup this year.

Harry starts to like his lessons more and more, he thinks they became more interesting after they mastered the basics. During the Charms class when they are practicing how to make objects fly, Hermione annoys Ron by correcting his pronunciation of Wingardium Leviosa and Ron snaps at her. Hermione runs out upset to cry in the bathroom. In fact she is so upset that she misses the next class. When students start The Halloween feast, panicky Professor Quirrell informs them all that a troll is in Hogwarts. That spreads panic untill Dumbledore shuts everybody up and tells prefects to get the students back to their respective dormitories. 
Harry and Ron decide to go catch the troll, because they realize that Hermione does not know about the troll. Their quick thinking results in locking the troll in the girls' bathroom. Their even quicker thinking then results in realizing that Hermione is in fact there and they have no choice but to go help her.

They in fact manage to enter the bathroom and have a heroic battle with the troll, when they all act in tandem, save each other, help each other and one of the best friendship ever is born. Hermione even lies to a teacher to cover for Ron and Harry.



1.	Which sports rules did you find easier to understand: Quidditch or Baseball?

2.	What special circumstances about her getting Harry a broom did McGonagall share with Flitwick in your opinion?


3.	We are shown Trevor zooming around the class in Charms, does that mean that kids' pets are allowed in the classrooms if kids so desire?

4.	We are told that Ron and Harry do not want to go fight the troll, but feel that they have no other choice. What does this say about their characters or any characters when thought like this flashes in their minds?


5.	Do you believe that fighting a troll could be a good start for great friendship?

6.	When Ron hears Hermione scream after she is locked in with the Troll, he is described turning "pale as the Bloody Baron". What if anything does it mean to you?

Zara's question:
7.	We now know Snape agreed to help Dumbledore protect *Harry*. What, in your opinion, explains his extra efforts to protect the Philosopher's Stone, as in  this chapter, when he sees through Quirrell's ruse and checks on the third-floor corridor rather than going into the dungeons with the other teachers?

8. Please feel free to add your own question.




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