Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort

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PoA Chapter 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort

Snape reveals himself fully, binds Lupin, and snarls at Sirius. Sirius asks Snape to listen, but Snape promises to pass him up to the Dementors instead. Snape does not  listen to Harry and Hermione either, instead he has a meltdown, tells Harry he should thank him on  bended knee, instead of being just like his father, "too arrogant to believe he might be mistaken in Black". At some point the Trio have had enough, and knock Snape down unconscious. Hermione panics that they attacked the teacher.  Peter is forced to reveal himself, Lupin and Sirius  try to question him why he did what he did, Peter claims he was scared  and Voldemort was taking over. Lupin and Sirius really itch to kill him, but Harry insists he can go to Azkaban instead. The party prepares to go to the castle, they raise the still unconscious Snape with a Mobilicorpus spell and prepare to take him with them.

1. 
"Professor Lupin could have killed me about a hundred times this year,"
Harry said. "I've been alone with him loads of times, having defence
lessons against the dementors. If he was helping Black, why didn't he
just finish me off then?" This is a funny quote by Harry, since a couple of  years later he fails to apply same logic. Do you agree or disagree?

2.  "You fool. Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting innocent man back in prison?" Discuss.

3.  "But you, Peter -- I'll never understand why I didn't see you were the spy from the start." So, discuss why you think Sirius (and James and Lily) did not see this.

4. "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN
BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!"
 Do you believe this? Do you think it reasonable that Peter did not, regardless of your answer to the first part?

5. Snape's emotions in this chapter reach an intensity he has never displayed before. Did you think he had reasons for it?

6. Snape thinks Harry should have thanked him on  bended knee because otherwise he would have died just like his father, "too ignorant to believe he must be mistaken in Black". What were your thoughts when you have read this paragraph  for the first time if you remember and what were your thoughts about this paragraph after book seven?
7. Snape promises to give Sirius and Lupin to the Dementors, did you believe that he will do it?
8. "Sirius says Peter passed information to Voldemort for a year. Why do you think Peter did this?
9.  Please feel free to add your own questions here.

Sorry for the long wait guys.
Zara and Alla

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