Comments on: Snape’s Grudge

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:31:43 +0000

I think Harry didn’t ask about his parents because he didn’t want to hear about Sirius as well. Also, he risked giving away the small amount of info he has. Which was given to him at the 3 broomsticks. Though that doesn’t matter if he talked to Lupin after this chapter.

By: Sarah 'LeStrange'

Sarah 'LeStrange' — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:08:06 +0000

Don’t rooms have the ability to move around like the Room of Requirement? If they do, then they would need somewhere to move to right? I know the entrance to the Room of Requirement changes but i thought the room’s actual location changed as well. hmm. It certainly did later in the series…

By: Nell

Nell — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:33:49 +0000

I always feel so bad for Hermione in this chapter. I mean, Ron and Harry are pretty much her only friends. I imagine that Parvati and Lavender aren’t all that friendly to her and this is before Ginny has really come out of her shell. I always wonder what it’s like in the girls’ dormitory.

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:39:00 +0000

As I said before, the lack of curiosity that Harry has about his parents is astonishing. I mean, here’s a man that knew them and he only asks about dementors.
Anyway, I love what the map writes to Snape. I laughed a lot, like with McGonagall’s comments to Trelawney during Christmas.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:28:29 +0000

SPOLIER!

I had a thought on the surplus rooms. In the fifth book, Dumbledore says that he was thinking about getting rid of Divination all together, but ended up hiring Trelawney. Umbridge also tells her students that subjects aren’t taught to Ministry approved courses. This indicates that the subjects are neither fixed nor regulated. So perhaps some of the surplus rooms were for old subjects?

By: John Kearns

John Kearns — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:47:25 +0000

kim, definitely a good point about Harry and Ron figuring things out. I think I’m just frustrated at times with this kid’s apparent lack of curiosity :)

By: kim

kim — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:11:41 +0000

Maybe Harry and Ron don’t feel that they NEED to figure something out in this book: When it was the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry was sure Voldemort would be after it, and made it his personal quest to stop him. In year two, people were getting petrified and the school wasn’t safe (and everyone expected Harry: proving them wrong can be a good motivator)
This year, besides a breaking and entering by a mass-murderer, nothing life-treathening has happened yet. They don’t NEED to find out, since the measures around them will take care of that. (though if I were an orphan and could figure something out about my parents, I would really want figure it out more than Harry does now.)
Besides, in half the book Hermione and Ron (and sometimes Harry too) aren’t speaking with each other. Without the logic and quotes from Hogwarts a History, Ron and Harry aren’t as good at thinking and deducting as they are with the 3 of them together…

By: Amy Darlene

Amy Darlene — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:01:43 +0000

perhaps other rooms for when the wizarding population is higher…perhaps in other times there have been more teachers. or perhaps the founders were anticipating a college of some sorts…or a safe place for wizards to stay when muggles got too curious.