Deathly Hallows chapter discussion

Jul 26, 2007 00:05

gioiamia gave me the go ahead, so here we go: chapter by chapter discussion of Deathly Hallows. I'm just going to post an overview of the chapter, and then we can discuss it in the comments. Write about what you liked, what you didn't like, questions the chapter answered for you, etc. I guess the same rules as for the community apply: be nice, everyone's ( Read more... )

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dolphinluv2783 July 26 2007, 05:26:35 UTC
JKR starts this book with another chapter from the point of view of someone besides Harry. My first question in this chapter was who or where was Snape getting his information from? Snape passed Voldemorts Legilimency test, and he said that the information came "from the source we discussed." Who did Snape *tell* Voldemort was the source? We find out later on who the source really is, but obviously Snape didn't tell Voldemort this, so who was the fake source?

I wonder how many Bellatrix/Voldemort fics are going to be going around after this book? ;)

I know that Muggle Studies has been mentioned in previous books because Hermione was taking it for awhile, but was Charity Burbage ever mentioned? She was kind of a random death, I thought.

Not a lot to say about this chapter. A necessary beginning, but nothing to big happening yet.

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dolphinluv2783 July 26 2007, 05:53:28 UTC
I thought that everything happening at the ministry with the registering of Muggles was very Nazi Germany-like. It was very scary to me. I hated those parts of the books, for what they were, but I liked that they were in there, because it is something that can and has happened in real life. Does that make sense?

My son is eight, and we've been reading through the series since last summer. We're finishing up OoTP right now. HBP is my favorite book, so I'm excited to read it to him, but I'm kind of apprehensive at the same time, because it's very dark. He knows that Dumbledore dies, because he heard it back when HBP came out, but he doesn't know that it's at Snape's hands. And there is a LOT in this book that is too old for him. By the time we've made it through HBP he'll be at least nine, so we'll see then.

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snowwhite22 July 26 2007, 20:17:45 UTC
I agree on the random death front. I wondered who the heck she was and why it was so important Voldemort hung her ceremoniously from the ceiling. That seems like a long drawn out, glorified death he would reserve for more important people.

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janajoh July 26 2007, 18:44:38 UTC
I was very glad to see a non-Harry first chapter. I'd have liked it even better if it were from Snape's POV, but, knowing what I know now, his presence is enough to satisfy/pacify me. It still leads to questions of his loyalty though.

Burbage's death is unnecessary, though we do find out why Voldemort deems it necessary later in the book.

And the Malfoys...well, something is up. Also, if Bellatrix and Voldemort weren't evil, I'd 'ship them.

This chapter sets the tone (and begins the body count) for the book. A great many questions arise, and I had to find out more.

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snowwhite22 July 26 2007, 20:19:35 UTC
I still didn't really think they showed why it was so important Voldemort killed her that way. They showed WHY he killed her, but not why he made it such a demonstration.

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vanouria July 28 2007, 15:58:23 UTC
i thought they should have at least mentioned charity in an earlier book, just so that when she died, we could have felt a bit of familiarity with her. and i think voldemort killed her the way he did because she was not only a muggle studies teacher, but an advocate for muggle and muggleborn rights. she was writing articles and such, generally just trying to get the idea across and i think because of that, voldemort thought she deserved a real punishment.

also, this chapter really brought to my accention that all the death eaters can love. well, i mean the important ones. lucius and narcissa love each other, as displayed by the holding of the wrist, and htey love draco, and even bellatrix, i believe she wholeheartedly loves voldemort. snape of course, loves too, as we all know. just thought it was interesting that even voldy's most ardent followers can do something he can't.

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humantales August 2 2007, 02:02:48 UTC
What hits me most strongly about this chapter is, of course, the immediate increased violence. It is clear right from the first chapter, that the overt war (as opposed to the covert war that has been going on for the past two years) has begun ( ... )

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