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

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 189959

> 1. Do you think that Hermione was right in accusing Ron of
> being prejudiced against Crookshanks?

June:
Ron was prejudiced against Crookshanks, you see it all through the
book. Ron did not like Crookshanks because Crookshanks had nearly
scalped him when he jumped over him at their first meeting and his
reaction when he realized that Hermione bought Crookshanks instead
of an owl was "You actually bought that thing?"

> 2. Was it wise for Harry to intervene in the argument, even if
> he thought Ron was right?

No, personally unless it was a life and death situation I would
have stayed out of it and I would have been there for both of them
as a friend. What he did made Hermione feel that she was being
ganged up on and they really had no proof that Crookshanks had
eaten Scabbers.

> 3. Harry is still letting thoughts of the Grim bother him. Is
> he right in thinking that the creature exists or were the
> various apparent sightings just coincidences or products of his
> over-excited imagination?

The Grim turned out to be Sirius Black.

> 4. Do you think that Cho is just using her flying ability to
> distract Harry or do you think she might be using her womanly
> wiles to affect him in other ways?

She is the other team's seeker, she was trying to catch the snitch
is all.

> 5. Were you surprised at the speed of Harry's reaction on seeing
> the Dementors? Would you have expected that he would have a
> similar reaction to that of the earlier Hufflepuff match?

No, when I first read the book I knew that he would take them out.
The only surprise was learning who it really was, lol.

> 6. How do you read Hermione's behaviour at the post-Ravenclaw
> match party?

She is hurt because she believes that Crookshanks did not eat
Scabbers and both Ron and Harry have been at her telling her that
he did. She wants them to believe the truth and they are ganging
up on her.

> 7. Do you think Percy was too hasty in refusing to listen to Ron
> after the attack? Was this just a typical reaction from him?

Yes, Percy was too hasty and yes it is a typical reaction for him.
He was hard on Ron for a good part of that book and to be perfectly
honest he is one of the characters I like the least because he is a
jerk.

> 8. What was your reaction on first reading about Neville's
> blunder?

I felt so bad for poor Neville. The poor guy has such a hard time
remembering any thing and then when I found out that he had not
lost the passwords and instead the cat had stolen them, I felt
even worse for him.

June