BLOGGER TEMPLATES AND TWITTER BACKGROUNDS

Monday, September 27, 2010

Prisoner of Azkaban Chapters 21 - 22

Wouldn't They have Known?

So we finally find out how Hermione has been getting to all her classes. She can time travel! To be honest, I hate time travel plot lines. They're rarely done well, they're a cop-out of resolving the plot any other way, and they hurt my simple brain if they're too complicated. That said, I really liked this part of the story. It doesn't get too far-fetched or overly-complicated.

The great mystery that stumps Snape and Fudge is how Black managed to escape Hogwarts again. Earlier in the book, McGonagall mentions that she had to get all sorts of permission from the ministry for Hermione to have a time-turner. If the ministry knew she had it, why wasn't Fudge alerted that she had it? Someone dropped the ball.


"Read My Lips. No New Taxes."

Fudge is such a polititian. As soon as word reaches him that Black escaped again, his immediate worry is that the Daily Prophet will get word and that it will make him look bad. His first measure of damage control isn't dispatching Dementors and Aurors to go after Black, it's trying to save face. Lame. I like that this fictional character is a reflection of characters we actually see in real life.


Let's Have a Chat

I love the little chats that Dumbledore and Harry have at the end of each book. Here, Dumbledore speaks a bit prophetically. Dumbledore says that Harry will be glad he saved Pettigrew's life, and that he doubts that Voldemort will want a servant in the debt of Harry Potter. This will prove to be true in the 7th book. Dumbledore puts so much stock in love. He knows that it is one of the most ancient and powerful parts of magic. Love, trust, loyalty, and sacrifice are all things Dumbledore values most highly. Strangely, it wasn't always that way in Dumbledore's life. I think it was because of the tragic incidents in Dumbledore's life that he began to value those traits. I believe it was penance for the sins of his early life. As we'll see in the 6th and 7th books that the memories of his past misdeeds haunted him the rest of his life.

Death.... Again

Here again, we have more discussion of death as Dumbledore speaks to Harry of his father. The Harry Potter books are not exactly religious in nature, yet it is clear that Rowling created characters that believe in life after death. It is Voldemort's disbelief in life after death that makes him paranoid about death and obsessed with immortality. Dumbledore says that even though James Potter is dead, that he lives on through Harry. This idea transcends many religions... that those who have passed on never truely leave us. Even if Dumbledore doesn't believe this himself, it serves to give Harry hope. With so much tragedy in his life, he needs something like that to hold on to.


Quiz Time!!!!!!!!!!!

It's everyone's favorite time again... Quiz time! We'll start easy.

1.) What is MacNair's former occupation?

A.) Care of Magical Creatures professor?

B.) Head of Magical law enforcement?

C.) Head of the Disposal of Dangerous Magical Creatures Committee?

D.) Death Eater?



2.) What is MacNair's first name?

A.) Warwick

B.) Warren

C.) Walden

D.) Waldo


3.) Where was Sirius Black being held captive inside Hogwarts?

A.) Professor Flitwick's office

B.) Astronomy Tower

C.) North Tower

D.) Professor Trelawny's office


What is the appropriate response to this statement? "Man, I have to go to the bathroom!"

A.) Expecto Patronum!

B.) Mischief Managed.

C.) "Can't you hold it?"

D.) "You know the law Miss Granger, you must not be seen."


I'll give out the answers in a couple of days. ("Three turns should do it. Good luck.")

4 comments:

Unknown said...

1) "Former" is a little confusing here, but he's been both a Death Eater and a creater exterminator..

2) Walden.

3) Flitwick's office.

4) You're my favorite person in the whole world. "Mischief managed." Heh.

Tianna said...

1. D. Is a Death Eater considered a profession?
2. C
3. A
4. C. Or maybe D depending on the circumstances. Wait, is this really a question?

Anonymous said...

I LOVE your blog! I discovered it blog hopping, so I don't even know you :P I have read the series at least 20 times-- each time a new book came out I re-read all of them, and I do the same every time a movie comes out. I also just re-read them for fun :) I love that there are other HP fans that are as into this as me! Keep it up!

As for the quiz, it looks like I need to read the series again... I think I'd fail it, which is so shameful!
-HP Fan

Tyler the Gryffindork said...

Dear Anon E. Muss,

I'll just call you Anon for short, or maybe just Non. So Non, thank you for adding your comment to my blog. It's knowing that people actually read this crap that makes me keep doing it :) Glad there are other Gryffindorks other than myself out there. Spread the word. I'd love to have more followers.