CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 5: The Dementor

[nikkalmati]

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> Questions:
> Why do you think Mr. Weasley tells Harry not to look for Black?
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Nikkalmati

Mr. Weasley is afraid Harry will hear Black is responsible for his parents' deaths, that he betrayed them, and be so enraged he seeks Black out to kill him.  He is not far wrong.  If Harry heard that (and he does) he would be enraged.  He doesn't know how to find Black, however, and his friends (and Mr. Weasley's warning) keep him under control until he actually meets Black.


> How well do you think the Dementor scene worked after the build-up, and why?

Nikkalmati

It was pretty scary.  I had a little trouble knowing what was happening because we only learn what they are later. I found the stopping train and the bitter cold and the darkness very spooky.
 

> What did Dumbledore's speech add to our knowledge of Dementors?
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Nikkalmati

Not a lot, except that they were officially approved, but very unpredictable and not rational.  That makes them even more scary.


> Chocolate is good for you. Discuss.

Nikkalmati

I guess everyone likes chocolate?  Well, almost everyone.  Chocolate makes you happy, at least it does me, especially if I am ordered to eat it!  Dememtors take away your happiness and chocolate repaces it.  


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> Do you suppose Remus has been a teacher before?

Nikkalmati

I think he may have been, but no reference is made to what he did before.  He has the knowledge and it would be hard for someone suddenly to pull a year's worth of lesson plans out of his head.  He also has that heavy case with his initials on it, which indicates he has been traveling.  He may have been teaching overseas or doing private tutoring.

  
> What do you imagine are the requirements for teachers at Hogwarts?

Nikkalmati

They have to know Dumbledore?  It does not appear anything other than graduating from a wizarding school is needed.  Voldemort was told by Dippet to come back when he was older.  DD turned him down, but probably not because he was not qualified.  DD was going to turn Trelawny down, in part, because he did not like Divination.  He gave her the job only to protect her.  She did not seem to have any particular qualifications, but thought her lineage and her persuasive skills could get the job. Snape was told by LV to apply just shortly out of school and apparently was expected to succeed. Working at Hogwarts may not be considered a really plum position in the WW.

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> What did you make of Ron & Harry noticing Professor Snape's expression of
> loathing of Lupin?
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Nikkalmati

I expected it would be explained later.  I did not think he was jealous of the position, but I also did not anticipate that they may have known each other.

> Thank you, amanitamuscaria
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