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

[Liz Clark]

No: HPFGUIDX 190765

Taya responds:

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?

Taya:
I'm undecided on this. Yes, it would have been nice for Harry to live with a 
wizard, but Sirius wasn't the most trustworthy or stable person at that 
time, so I'd be worried for Harry's safety.

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?

Taya:
Probably to protect Harry IMO. Ron was safe and she knew that, Harry, on the 
other hand, was heading towards a Werewolf.

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?

Taya:
She'd already established James' nickname was Prongs, it wouldn't take a 
genius to work out a Stag could be his Animagus form. It would also mean a 
discussion was bound to break out between Harry and Hermione about it and 
perhaps Hermione wouldn't stay in Hagrid's cabin as long as she did, she may 
have even stopped Harry producing the Patronus and saying themselves. Can't 
see any advantage in telling Harry or us what it was, only disadvantages.

5. Who did you think the person across the lake was?

Taya:
Didn't have a clue on first reading, but I knew it couldn't be his Dad, no 
spell can awaken the dead.

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?

Taya:
It's Linear and confusing!

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?

Taya:
He would have seen Ron unconscious and no one else about. He may have hard 
Lupin howling. He probably felt the Dementors presence also. So, from 
Snape's prospective, he saw an injured Ron, a transformed Lupin and an 
escaping Sirius. I would say it would confirm his ideas about Lupin and 
Sirius.

I like these chapter discussions :)