Chapter Discussion Chamber of Secrets Ch. 8 The Deathday Party

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 188963



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" <dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:

> Chapter Discussion: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
> Chapter 8: The Deathday Party.

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> 1.	Nick warns Harry to be careful with dripping the mud around, but when I was rereading the chapter I realized that I cannot find any description of Harry doing just that, could somebody point me to it? 

Geoff:
And I quote...

'"You'd better get out of here, Harry," said Nick quickly. "Filch isn't in
a good mood. He's got flu and some third-years accidentally plastered 
frog brains all over the ceiling in dungeon five; he's been cleaning all 
morning and if he sees you dripping mud all over the place..."

..."Filth!" he (Filch) shouted, his jowls aquiver, his eyes popping alarmingly
as he pointed at the muddy puddle that had dripped from Harry's 
Quidditch robes. "Mess and muck everywhere! I've had enough of it, I
tell you! Follow me, Potter!"'
(COS "The Deathday Party" p.96 UK edition)


> 3.	 500th anniversary of Nick's death is one of the few dates (or is an only date?) that can help us place Harry Potter in time. And we debated the timeline many many times in the past. Do you feel that JKR made a wise decision to actually place it in time or would it have been better to let the reader place the action in time as they see fit and not give any definite dates in the book?

Geoff:
Yes. I find it very useful to be able to anchor the events in a given year - I 
can cast my mind back and remember what I was doing at that particular 
time.

In any book, I like to have a visible and accurate timeline.