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

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 189962

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.


June:
The question that was asked was 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? It said nothing about
before we find out the truth. Therefore my answer is correct there
was (and in my opinion there is no such thing as) a Grim.