Chapter Discussion Chamber of Secrets Ch. 8 The Deathday Party

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 "k12listmomma" <k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
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> >2. What was your first thought when you realized that Filch was taking 
> >Kwikspell course?
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> At first, it was just the sort of humor that Rowlings stuck in the books. I 
> found the scene very funny. Then, I feel a little guilty that Harry is 
> snooping in someone's private mail- but realize that Harry is still new to 
> the WW, and there is so much to learn, that I feel almost that I would have 
> done the same thing, taken that same chance to learn something new about 
> this world that I didn't know so much about.


Potioncat:
I was surprised that Harry was reading the letter--it's one of those moments when you want to call out to the character, "No, don't do that!" but of course he does. It establishes a trend; Harry will snoop into DD's Pensieve and later into Snape's. DD did warn him that curiosity could be dangerous.

It also makes Harry and Severus more alike. What an interesting set of circumstances---Harry reading Filch's letter (the Squib who wants to be a wizard) and Severus reading Petunia's letter (the Muggle who wants to be a witch.)
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