CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 13: Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 190020



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Shelley <k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
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> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "willsonteam"<willsonkmom@>  wrote:
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> > Potioncat:
> >> I'm going to join in on this side after re-reading the conversation between Hermione and the girls. (It takes place in Chpt 8)
> > Geoff:
> > Ah, thank you.
> >
> > As the member who wrote the notes and question for Chapter 13,
> > I've been wondering for days this incident got into the thread which
> > have developed.
> >
> > Although I know my way around canon pretty well, I'd failed to find
> > that bit.
> Shelley
> I bet someone was just a little behind in their reading. It happens, 
> especially when you get the list by emails, since emails keep until you 
> read them, even if it's weeks later.
> 
> I didn't mind the conversation though, because I think Rowling planned 
> this confrontation partly to show how the kids will grow up, and partly 
> in her theme of emotions and misdirection.
>
Nikkalmati

I still hold to my belief (or interpretation) that JKR intended for us to see that Trelawney is always right - just like Cassandra she is not believed or she is misinterpreted, even by herself.  It is a little twist that adds a bit of irony to the story.  In this case the reader is expected to side with Hermione as to the validity of the prediction, but as the books go on we are supposed to see the pattern.

Nikkalmati