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

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No: HPFGUIDX 188678



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

Alla:

Oh yes, most definitely I was and come to think of it, it is  very good that at that time I did not develop a habit of looking at the last page of the book lol. I mean, it was the first one in the series, so I did not have the burning desire to know heeee.

But yes I had no idea that it was Quirrell, this I remember very well.


> 3. I can't recall exactly where I read the following argument (searching previous discussions on here turned up far too many results to be sure), so I apologize if this is redundant, and if you know who brought this up, please give them credit - but it has been suggested (somewhere) that Quirrell should have been able to get the stone from the mirror, since he wanted it not for himself, but for Voldemort. What do you think?

Alla:

I think your question makes sense if we were to look at the spirit of what Dumbledore tells to Harry. If somebody wants it for something selfish, he won't be able to get it, however I agree with Potioncat if we were to look at the letter of what Dumbledore is saying. Quirrell still was planning to *use* it, even if for somebody else's use. So it makes sense to me that Quirrell could not do it, I think.

 
> 4. Do you think that Voldemort was able to read Harry's thoughts at all during this chapter?

Alla:

Yes, definitely, another one of these things which I prefer not to dwell on too much. Voldemort is a superb legilimenc, so he should have been able to overcome any pathetic lies that Harry told him, push his buttons and all that and then tell Quirrell to get the stone not for use, or something like that. Oh well, we would have had no story then.


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

Alla:

Nothing good heeeee.

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> 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? 
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Alla:

I agree that it is very hard to imagine now, because even when I read it,  GoF was just out, so I knew already there are sequels, but if I think about it, yes, absolutely and the character of Snape would have matched my expectations more lol.

Thanks for the great questions, Meegan.