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

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 189969

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nikkalmati" <puduhepa98 at ...> 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?

> Nikkalmati: 
> Both Ron and Trelawny attest that the Grim exists.
>  I have no doubt that such a thing exists in the WW. What Harry was seeing was not the Grim, but he was reasonable to think it was.  He obviously does not want to believe in it or to let his fear affect him.


> > 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?
 
Nikkalmati:
 > Why do guys always think that?  Just because Harry feels something when he meets her doesn't mean she even knows about it.  The only thing she did intentionally here was to try to knock him off his broom.

Geoff:
I knew *someone* would interpret my question that way! I spent time
trying to work out the best way of wording my question.

I got the impression that Cho was trying very quietly to catch Harry's eye.
She smiles at Harry but then, after the near-collision on the brooms, she 
appeared to me to be exhibiting a mixture of mischief and coquettishness
when she grins at him.

I don't agree with you that she was intentionally trying to knock Harry off 
the broom. After Harry's accident in the previous match that would have 
been thoughtless and unkind. I think she was trying to unsight him.