Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 20: The Dementor's kiss

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PoA Chapter 20: The Dementor's Kiss
> Black and Harry discuss the future. Sirius will be free once Pettigrew is
revealed and he offers Harry a home. Shortly after everyone is out of the
tunnel, the moon comes out and Lupin transforms into a werewolf. Black
transfigures himself into his Animagus form to deal with Lupin. Pettigrew hexes
Ron and also transfigures, escaping. Snape remains unconscious. Harry hears
Sirius yelping. Harry determines that Ron will be safe, and rushes to Black.
Hermione follows Harry. They find themselves and Sirius, surrounded by
Dementors. Harry and Hermione try the Expecto Patronum spell. Hermione faints.
Harry is grasped by a Dementor who is going to kiss him. A bright shape chases
the Dementors away and as it gallops across the lake, Harry sees a familiar
person greeting the Patronus. Harry faints.
Questions:
> 1. I wrote this over a month ago, so why did my computer crash with my
original and brilliant chapter discussion blown to cyberbits?
> 2.If things had worked out--if they could have delivered Pettigrew to DD, do
you think it would have been a good idea for Harry to live with Sirius?
> 3.Harry quickly decided he couldn't do anything for Ron and that Sirius was in
trouble, so he went to Sirius. Why did Hermione leave Ron?
> 4. Harry sees the silvery light as a galloping animal, as bright as a unicorn
yet not clearly enough to make it out. Why did JKR keep the stag Patronus from
us and Harry? What harm would there have been in telling or what advantage was
there in JKR's keeping it secret?
> 5. Who did you think the person across the lake was?
> 6. We follow Harry out of the tunnel, over to the lake, watch him be attacked
by Dementors and rescued by himself. What does this tell us about Time Travel in
the Potterverse?
> 7.While it's fresh, can you reconstruct what Snape saw when he came to? How
does it compare to what he may have overheard earlier in the Shrieking Shack?
> 8. What questions do you have?
Potioncat

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