Monday, June 28, 2010

The Dementor




BOOK: The Prisoner of Azkaban
CHAPTER: 5
SYNOPSIS: Harry spends some time with Professor Lupin while the other students go to Hogsmeade.

FOR TOMORROW: 6

POSSIBLE DISCUSSION TOPICS


* Why do you think chocolate counteracts the effects of the Dementors?

4 comments:

  1. because even in this world chocolate is comfort food!

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  2. I thought chocolate cured everything...except obesity...

    romana

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  3. On the train, when they first encounter Lupin, his bag says Professor RJ Lupin, in peeling letters. Are we to assume that Lupin has taught elsewhere? Or that he is so poor/shabby that he has to buy second-hand letters for his bag?

    Lupin's appearance, specifically his clothing, bugs me throughout the books. Surely he could use some magic to repair the tears in his cloak. He's not impoverished while at Hogwarts.

    About the chocolate...as my sister-in-law says, "How does one nourish the soul, if not with chocolate?"

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  4. Doesn't eating chocolates release endorphins which gives one a "feel good" feeling? If the dementors drain happiness, I suppose the chocolate puts it back.

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