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

[nikkalmati]

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> 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?


Nikkalmati

Because this is the kind of thing that happens to people who do things ahead of time.<EG> :>).  That's why I always wait til the last minute.


> > 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?

Nikkalmati

I am not sure.  As pointed out already, it would not have been for a very long time, but I am sure it would have made Harry feel better - more like he had a real home.  I am also sure DD would have opposed it because it would undermine his own influence.  It might have helped Sirius too.  He and Harry could have been in much closer contact during that year.

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> > 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?

Nikkalmati

Ron was stunned and Harry was running into danger.  I don't think she could have let Harry go alone.

Nikkalmati

> > 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?

Nikkalmati

I'm not sure because we find out very shortly from Lupin and DD that Harry and his dad have the same Patronus.  I just think it is a little more realistic that Harry in his state of confusion did not see the Patronus all that well.

Nikkalmati


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

Nikkalmati

I really thought it was James in some way and JKR would explain how later.

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> > 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?

Nikkalmati

Um.  We don't know that Time Travel is involved yet.
Nikkalmati

> > 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?

Nikkalmati

Snape came to with everyone but Ron missing.  It is possible he could tell there were people down by the lake.  He could not have known about Pettigrew's escape, but he must have surmised Luupin had transformed.  He went down to the lake and retreaved everyone.  He actually did not learn much in the Shreaking Shack and he could not have learned very much afterwards either. 

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> > 8. What questions do you have?

Why does everyone think JKR made a mistake having Lupin transform at that time?  Is it because the full moon had been up for several hours and it is not necessary to stand in the moon's light to be transformed?

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