HBP Chapter 21 re-read

September 16, 2005 by wfzimmerman | No comments

HBP Chapter 21 Re-read

In a nutshell: The Unknowable Room isn’t kidding around, it’s really unknowable.

I found it interesting that Harry disagreed in his essay with Snape on the best way to tackle dementors.  Another hint that Harry’s unique combination of perception and experience makes him highly advanced at DADA.  I’ll go out on a limb and say that he’s going to wind up as the DADA teacher at Hogwarts.  (I don’t see him as patient enough to be a Headmaster.)

Am I the only one who thinks it’s a bit of overkill to send Mundungus (or anyone) to Azkaban?  The dementors ought to be considered cruel and unusual punishment.

When the trio is reading the newspaper it mentions that Octavius Pepper has vanished – I can’t recall, do we ever find ought who this was?

I would like to have seen Neville’s reaction to the nine-year-old boy who was Imperius Cursed into trying to kill his grandparents. (And, btw, why exactly is a 9yo who was Imperiused under arrest at all?)

Snape provides another refresher on Inferi, I feel sure they will eventually figure more prominently.

I like that Myrtle sees (Draco) as human, sensitive, bullied. Draco is such a figure of evil in the books (as differentiated from the movies or in fanfic)  that it’s good to remember he’s still a youth.

Harry scaring Goyle is hilarious.  I hope the movie shows Goyle turn back into himself, the joke is even funnier with the visual of the fairly humungous and talented actor Joshua Hardman.

Tonks’ appearance here feels awfully random. It’s as if she wandered in from the green room and forgot she was on stage.

“Goading Myrtle seemed to have put fresh heart into Ron.”   Tonks is “cracking up.”  Again with the sarcasm, Ron.  I’m getting tired of it.  Apparently so was JKR as she gives Hermione a priceless score at the end of the chapter, tweaking Ron about his joke falling flat in front of Madam Rosmerta.

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