Was the MoM built around the Arch? , The Kiss v Death

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> Ali:
> > We already have JKR suggesting through Lupin that there is 
> something  worse than death - loss of one's soul. We have 
> already seen how the  hero has had to fight against soul removal 
> in both PoA and OoP. The Dementors seemed to be very keen 
> on Harry, more so than on other  people. Now, arguably, this was 
> because he had such bad memories 
> > which they could feed on. But, I think this argument is a bit 
> weak  when considering the Quidditch scene where Harry 
> fainted. Harry  would have been full of exhiliaration when hordes 
> of dementors  decided to go for him. No, there is something 
> extra special about  Harry that makes him a particular appealing 
> target for the Dementors.
> >
Pippen: 
> Sirius was there too. And now we now you can see the Quidditch 
> pitch from the DADA professor's office, ch 13 OOP. *Were*  the 
> Dementors after Harry? Or did EverSoEvil Lupin, curled up in his 
> office but with his human mind intact,  spot Sirius from his 
> window and somehow send the Dementors after him? 
> 




This an interesting point of view that I never thought of before.  
But I'm not sure I would go as far as calling Lupin EverSoEvil.  We 
have to remember that for most of Book 3 he probably believes that 
Sirius IS guilty as he has no proof otherwise.  He lost 3 friends 
that night and has no proof that Sirius is in anyway (to our 
knowledge) innocent.  It would be perfectly natural for him to call 
the dementors over.  It would cover some of his guilt for not giving 
Dumbledore all the information he had, and yet he would be doing 
something to help capture Black.  

In defence of Lupin, while a fun theory, I don't think that he 
called the dementors.  I think JKR was establishing that the 
Dementors were NOT under full control of the ministry so that later 
it wasn't completely unexpected that they attempt to kiss Harry.


Kris 
(who's been reading along, but hasn't had time to respond to 
anything)