[HPforGrownups] Chapter Discussion: Goblet of Fire Ch. 7: Bagman and Crouch

[dorothy dankanyin]

No: HPFGUIDX 191754


From: "annemehr" <annemehr at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 5:19 PM
>
> 1. Mr Roberts asked a lot of questions about all the strange things he was
> noticing. Did you think he was nosey, or just reasonably curious? How did 
> you
> feel when the Ministry wizard Obliviated him?

Dorothy:  I thought it was necessary to obliviate him given the 
circumstances, but I felt badly for Mr. Roberts, and even more so after he 
had many "obliviations".

>
> 2. Mr Weasley mentioned that Ludo Bagman has always been a bit lax about
> security. Does this have any bearing on your opinion of whether Ludo knew
> Rookwood was a Death Eater when he passed information to him?

Dorothy:  I didn't think Bagman had any thought about Rookwood being a Death 
Eater.  I thought Bagman was sort of an overgrown teenage athlete type who 
thought only of fun - and money.

>
> 3. Archie, who likes a healthy breeze, apparently never wears trousers. Do 
> you
> think he is typical of wizards or not?

Dorothy:  I think Archie was typical of the older wizard type who might have 
picked a kilt instead of a nightgown.  :)

>
> 4. Barty Crouch obviously knows Arthur Weasley quite well. And yet he does 
> not
> know Percy as Arthur's son though he must have been introduced as such. 
> Does
> this show something about Crouch's character, or is "Weatherby" just a 
> joke?

Dorothy:  I don't think Barty Crouch knew anyone that well.  He knew Arthur 
because they both worked at the Ministry for a long time, but I don't think 
he paid all that much attention to Percy, or anything at that time.  I don't 
think his not knowing Percy's name had any other meaning.

>
> 5. Ali Bashir wants to sell flying carpets in Britain, but Arthur 
> explained to
> him that the Registry of Proscribed Charmable Objects lists carpets as a 
> Muggle
> Artefact. Given that Muggles have brooms too, do you think the carpet ban 
> is
> just politics? What do you think of Arthur's part in this?

Dorothy:  I think the flying carpet and it's objection is just one of the 
"cute" things JKR put in the story to sort of give us an inkling into the 
wider wizarding world.

>
> 6. When you first read about the exciting event to take place at Hogwarts, 
> did
> you think of any possibilities? What were they?

Dorothy:  All I thought of at the time was that there was going to be a 
contest where the Goblet of Fire would be awarded.  I had no clue whatsoever 
as to the contest itself.

Thanks for these interesting questions