Keeping faith with the Order of the Phoenix, Patience and anger |
 May 25 2009, 06:28 PM
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Madame Pince's House Elf  Posts: 4,607 Joined: 5:46pm January 28, 2005 Location: In HP Book Club 4, awaiting the HBP film's release   |
FAITH, PATIENCE AND ANGER At the end of GOF, Harry has been through a horrible experience, when he barely survived Voldemort's rebirthing to bring back to Hogwarts, Cedric's body, only to find himself in the clutches of a murderous Barty Crouch Jnr. But Harry's warning about Voldemort is flatly denied by Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, who doesn't like to hear his wealthy friend, Lucius Malfoy, is a Death Eater, and who has been reading Rita Skeeter's article. So what happens directly after Harry returns to 4 Privet Drive? Nothing at all. No news, though if he cared to read the Daily Prophet carefully, Harry would have seen snide little snippets about his own truthfulness and trustworthiness. Harry is afflicted with nightmares, a result of his experiences, and when a pair of dementors attack him and his cousin, Dudley, he is whisked off in advance of the hearing he must attend a week later. This is the introduction to CAPSLOCK! Harry. The following questions are only meant to give ideas for discussion. Was Harry right to lose faith in Dumbledore? Would he have avoided much trouble in the year to come if he had exercised more patience and self-control? Or is it only the link with Voldemort that causes Harry to lose his temper? Why did the real Moody give the photograph of the original Order of the Phoenix to Harry? What does meeting the boggart in the cupboard reveal about Mrs Weasley? But what is Voldemort's strategy at that time? Could it be that this almost perennially angry personage could also have exercised some patience? Why exactly was Harry getting those funny dreams, and why was Harry being used to fetch the prophecy Voldemort wanted? How much faith did Voldemort have in his devoted followers to do as he commanded? When recruiting members of the DA in the Hog's Head, was Hermione's precaution of jinxing the membership parchment DA justified? Or should she have had more faith in all the people present at that meeting? At one point in the story, Dolores Umbridge claims she has been patient with Harry's saying that Voldemort has returned. Has she really? Does Dolores Umbridge really have so much faith in Cornelius Fudge's denials? What do all those educational decrees say about Dolores Umbridge? Were you shocked to learn who got the Dementors to attack Harry and Dudley? At this point in the story do you think that Dumbledore's faith in Snape is misplaced? What do you make of the enmity between Sirius and Severus Snape? This post has been edited by WaggaWaggaWerewolf: May 26 2009, 03:36 PM --------------------  Check out the Beedle the Bard Book Club |
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