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

[justcarol67]

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Geoff wrote:
> 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?
> 
> June responded: 
> > The Grim turned out to be Sirius Black.
> 
> Geoff again:
> I would beg to disagree on that point. We need to remember that we are considering how we viewed events as we read the book for the first time and not allowing what we read in later books to colour our hindsight.

Carol responds to both:

I can understand June's response to this question, which asks in the present tense "Is he right in thinking that the creature exists?" I think you meant "Did you think Harry was right that the creature exists?" I was also unsure how to respond (in my head--I'm not planning to respond on list for lack of time) because I know that you know that we now know that the "Grim" was Sirius Black's Animagus form. Several other questions are also posed in the present tense.

By way of consolation, Geoff, I agree with your remarks on prejudice. Ron had good reason for his dislike of the half-Kneazle cat, Crookshanks though I think he overreacted in blaming Hermione for her cat's natural instincts. (If he had been an ordinary cat, he certainly *would* have eaten Scabbers--to the great detriment of the storyline.

Carol, who is rather pressed for time and just dropping in