Pets in POA., Cats, Rats, Hippogriffs, et al. |
 Jul 12 2008, 09:47 AM
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We sure do see and get to know a lot of animals in POA; a stag, a dog, a werewolf, assorted owls, a rat, a cat, a toad; but not all of them are pets. Well, Sirius sure is a pet, if you know what I mean,  and Remus too, when he has taken his potion properly, but that is not what I mean. Anyway, back to the topic, the main pets we see are Scabbers, Crookshanks and Buckbeak. There's Hedwig, of course, but we have seen her before, and she doesn't display any spectacular properties in POA, so we leave her aside for the moment and move on to those who do; reveal astonishing secrets, I mean. Scabbers : One of the best plot-shocks ever ! Scabbers the rat wasn't really Scabbers the rat, but Peter Pettigrew aka Wormtail - the low, stinking, despicable scum (sorry, my bias crept in) that betrayed Harry's parents leading to Voldemort murdering them. What did you think was really wrong with Scabbers ? Did you come near to suspecting the truth ? Do you agree with Wormtail that he was a good pet to Ron whatever else he was ? Crookshanks : Hermione gets herself a cat (half kneazle) for her birthday. According to Harry, Crookshanks was a big cat or a small tiger and Ron made his dislike of the animal plain to Hermione from day 1. Whatever the boys may have thought, Hermione loved Crookshanks and stood up for him all the way. Did you agree with Ron that Crookshanks had eaten Scabbers ? Why did you think Crookshanks was out to get Scabbers ? Just ordinary cat behaviour or something else ? What did you think of Crookshanks associating with the big black dog that later turns out to be Sirius Black - the mad mass murderer himself ? Buckbeak : Hagrid certainly loved Buckbeak and Buckbeak reciprocated that love, but do you think Buckbeak was Hagrid's pet in the real sense of the term ? Why ? Would you like to have Buckbeak for a pet ? What does Hagrid mean when he says that people can be a bit stupid when it comes to their pets ? Was Sirius an 'animal person' ? Crookshanks seemed to genuinely like him a lot and Buckbeak had no problems with him either, can't say the same for rats, though.  This post has been edited by rowena r: Jul 13 2008, 12:12 PM --------------------  L O V E |
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