Chapter 10: Halloween
1. p 172. Hermione has no friends: Lavender & Parvati seem nice enough, and less gossipy in this book—Parvati sticks up for Neville (147) and Harry (149) during the flying lesson—and care enough about Hermione to check up on her in the girls bathroom. But it’s easy to see why Hermione didn’t mesh with them, although they must have been in Gryffindor for a reason.
2. P 173 “Percy was in his element”—this seems to me to speak of hither-to unrealized potential.
3. P 175 “It was the last thing they wanted to do, but what choice did they have?” seems to emphasize the heroic nature of both Harry and Ron.
4. P 176 “very brave and very stupid”—typical.
5. P 179—It took a mountain troll—and Hermione overcoming her non-rule-breaking nature enough to lie to Prof. McGonagall—for Harry & Ron to become friends with Hermione. (see also p 181)
Chapter 11: Quidditch
1. Harry is reading Quidditch Through the Ages—according to this books, the golden snitch was invented by “Bowman Wright of Godric’s Hollow” (p 14).
2. P182 Snape’s Fluffy wounds were treated by Filch, not Madame Pomfrey.
3. P 183 “I know he’s not very nice, but he wouldn’t try and steal something Dumbledore’s keeping safe.” Hermione said, but she suspects him first when Harry’s broom acts up in the match (190). Ron doesn’t trust Snape, either.
Chapter 12: The Mirror of Erised
1. P 194 Only the Weasley twins would hit Voldemort in the face with snowballs
2. P 198 Madame Pince is rather a nosy librarian
3. 202 Wonder why Dumbledore had James’ invisibility cloak?
4. 203 “Christmas is a time for family”—makes me think the twins would eventually forgive Percy if he actually wanted it.
5. 207 Filch in league with Snape?
6. 209—Harry’s Family. Why is Aunt Petunia not in the mirror?
7. 212 It’s Ron who realizes the mirror is making Harry act funny (I think sometimes people have the unfair impression of him as stupid, but if you ask me he’s not, and he’s really good at chess—“Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.” (217)
8. 214 What does Dumbledore see in the mirror? Is it really socks? (Maybe socks are a euphemism for something… they are mentioned a lot in the series)
Chapter 13: Nicholas Flamel
1. 218 Neville: “The Sorting Hat chose you fro Gryffindor, didn’t it?” He takes on Crabbe & Goyle—224.
2. 221 Harry “sometimes had the horrible feeling that Snape could read minds.”
3. 224 Perhaps Hermione is now getting along better with her roommates—“dancing up and down on her seat and hugging Parvati Patil”
4. 226 Snape confronting Quirrell—protecting Dumbledore’s interests, or his own?
5. Hagrid gives Harry a whistle that sounds like an owl (200), and an owl’s hoot obscures part of the conversation he is listening in on… coincidence?
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