CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 10: The Marauder's Map

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CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Chapter 10:  The Marauder's Map



In the aftermath of his Quidditch accident, Harry spends a lonely, sleepless
weekend in the hospital wing, wondering if he's going to spend the rest of his
life looking over his shoulder for the Grim. Humiliated about his extreme
reaction to the Dementors—even as he realizes that they raise memories of his
mother's screams just before she was killed—he is relieved to get back to
classes in spite of Malfoy's constant ridicule.



Lupin stops Harry after class to offer condolences about his broom and they
discuss why the Dementors affect Harry more than the other students. Harry begs
Lupin to teach him how to fight them, the way he'd done on the train, and they
agree to meet after the Christmas holidays.



On the last weekend of term, Harry dejectedly settles in to occupy himself with
a broom catalogue while everyone heads to Hogsmeade, but Fred and George pull
him aside and present him with a magical map of Hogwarts and advice about how to
sneak into the village.



Making his way through the tunnel into Honeydukes' cellar, Harry catches up with
Ron and Hermione and they go to the Three Broomsticks for some warm Butterbeer.
Harry has to quickly hide under the table when Professors McGonagall and
Flitwick come in with Hagrid and Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge. He
overhears them telling Madam Rosmerta the disturbing story of Sirius Black's
betrayal of the Potters, murder of Peter Pettigrew, and unchanged status as
Harry's godfather.




Questions:



1. Did you think about Lupin's mention about the Whomping Willow
being planted the year he arrived at Hogwarts was significant? Did you think the
Whomping Willow being planted over a secret passage would become important?




2. Harry has an understandable reluctance to seek help from adults.
Did you find it surprising that he readily confided in Lupin about the
Dementors?




3. From the description of his "sudden motions" during his
discussion with Harry, did you grow suspicious that Lupin might know more than
he was letting on?




4. The "passwords" to operate the Maurauder's Map are quite
complicated. How do you think Fred and George figured them out?




5. What did you think of Harry's rationalization for using the map
(
he only wanted to use it go into Hogsmeade, it wasn't as though he wanted
to steal anything or attack anyone
 and Fred and George had been using it for
years without anything horrible happening
), especially after his experience
with Riddle's diary and Mr. Weasley's warning to "never trust anything that can
think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain?"




6. Did you find it amusing that Ron and Harry were able to answer
all of Hermione's protests about Harry being in Hogsmeade and that she agreed
not to report him?




7. Were you as surprised as Harry to learn about Sirius Black's
connection to the Potters?




8. Madam Rosmerta's voice is described as "alive with curiosity" and
"breathless with interest." If even Harry noticed this, do you think Madam
Rosmerta was flirting with Fudge to get him to tell the story?




9. How did you think Sirius Black was able to remain unaffected by
the Dementors in Azkaban?

Caryl Brown

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