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From: Robin L. Gibson <gibsonro>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:35:42 -0700
As I was listening to _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_ (Book 2), I discovered there is a pick-up game of Quidditch mentioned. In Chapter 4, when Harry is staying with the Weasleys prior to the start of the second term:
Harry, Ron, Fred, and George were planning to go up the hill to a small paddock the Weasleys owned. It was surrounded by trees that blocked it from view of the village below, meaning that they could practice Quidditch there, as long as they didn't fly too high.They couldn't use real Quidditch balls, which would have been hard to explain if they had escaped and flown away over the village; instead they threw apples for one another to catch . . . (pp. 45V)
Just thought this was interesting in light of our discussion. Quidditch as a spectator sport doesn't really trouble me; however, I also thought the competitions in book 4 would be difficult to watch (other than the 1st one with the dragons, which was quite potentially dangerous to view!). Thinking of the special binoculars that were available at the Quidditch world cup that showed close ups, instant replay, etc., makes me think maybe something like that was available . . . though the spectators didn't know that Harry had been first to reach the captives underwater, or see Harry and Cedric disappear together, or other goings on in the maze (such as the spell put on Viktor by Mooney).
I also thought, like someone else here on the list, that Cedric's death was a bit gratuitous. Not that Voldemort didn't just randomly kill people . .
.he did. But he specifically mentioned that Lilly Potter didn't have to die
. . .which surprises me. She was of Muggle Blood, mother of Harry, wife of James . . . why wouldn't he have wanted to kill her? But Cedric . . . so bland and inoffensive . . . even less of a motive there. And I didn't really see Cedric as a main character either -- I feared for Ron or Hermione or Hagrid. In this respect, Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials books pull more punches . . . the main character does lose her best friend.
Robin
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Received on Wed 27 Sep 2000 02:35:42 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:35:42 -0700
As I was listening to _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_ (Book 2), I discovered there is a pick-up game of Quidditch mentioned. In Chapter 4, when Harry is staying with the Weasleys prior to the start of the second term:
Harry, Ron, Fred, and George were planning to go up the hill to a small paddock the Weasleys owned. It was surrounded by trees that blocked it from view of the village below, meaning that they could practice Quidditch there, as long as they didn't fly too high.They couldn't use real Quidditch balls, which would have been hard to explain if they had escaped and flown away over the village; instead they threw apples for one another to catch . . . (pp. 45V)
Just thought this was interesting in light of our discussion. Quidditch as a spectator sport doesn't really trouble me; however, I also thought the competitions in book 4 would be difficult to watch (other than the 1st one with the dragons, which was quite potentially dangerous to view!). Thinking of the special binoculars that were available at the Quidditch world cup that showed close ups, instant replay, etc., makes me think maybe something like that was available . . . though the spectators didn't know that Harry had been first to reach the captives underwater, or see Harry and Cedric disappear together, or other goings on in the maze (such as the spell put on Viktor by Mooney).
I also thought, like someone else here on the list, that Cedric's death was a bit gratuitous. Not that Voldemort didn't just randomly kill people . .
.he did. But he specifically mentioned that Lilly Potter didn't have to die
. . .which surprises me. She was of Muggle Blood, mother of Harry, wife of James . . . why wouldn't he have wanted to kill her? But Cedric . . . so bland and inoffensive . . . even less of a motive there. And I didn't really see Cedric as a main character either -- I feared for Ron or Hermione or Hagrid. In this respect, Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials books pull more punches . . . the main character does lose her best friend.
Robin
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Received on Wed 27 Sep 2000 02:35:42 PM CDT
