Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 18: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Pron

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> Potioncat:
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.> It's the same situation that happened in the first year. Draco tricked Harry into a duel. Harry was going to meet Draco in the dead of night out of a sense of honor (11-year-old boy honor). But it wasn't going to be Draco he met, but Filch. And it's much more like the year Harry was following Draco, trying to prove what a danger Draco was. That's the same thing Severus was doing.


Alla:

So I thought about it and decided that I have a better analogy, even though I again totally agree that Harry did not have to go meet Draco and the choice to go there was his and only his alone. The difference for me is that before Draco challenged him, Harry had no desire to go there, while Snape was trying to figure out Shrieking Shack way before Sirius told him.

So I suggest Harry's Hogsmead excursion and Twins' help as better analogy for Harry's behavior being similar to Snape's, not for Twins being similar to Sirius.

Harry REALLY wanted to go, REALLY, no matter how dangerous and selfish it was, so he leaped at first possible help and went no matter what danger may have happened to him.

JMO,

Alla