Freestyle Friday 1 - Harry Potter Questions

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Harry Potter Questions from Alison Can Read

1. Dumbledore did, in a way, raise Harry up like a pig for slaughter. But in the end, how much do you think Dumbledore cared about Harry?
   
   I think that Dumbledore cared for Harry from the beginning. He were fond of Harry’s parents. First has students and then as members of the Order of the Phoenix. He did not use Harry. He heard the prophecy that Professor Trelawney made and knew that Harry would have to face off with Voldemort. Therefore, he had no choice but to prepare Harry for the battle.

2. How do you think Snape truly felt about Dumbledore - and vice versa?

 

I think that Snape revered Dumbledore afterall he was the one wizard that Voldemort feared. He was comfortable with Dumbledore to speak frankly with him because of the secret they had together.


3. What parts of the series make you cry?

None. This wasn’t that type of book for me. I have to say that there aren’t many books or movies, for that matter, that can make a tear fall from my eyes.

4. Whose death do you think was the saddest?

I wasn’t expecting Fred to die though it was leaked that a couple of main characters would die during the series. The saddest death for me was Dobby. He was so kind, loyal and optimistic. And to be honest, he’s one of the bravest characters because it went against all the traits and expectations of he species to warn Harry in his first appearance in the series.

5. If Voldemort hadn't killed Snape when he did, how do you think that Snape could have gotten Harry to learn his story?

There was any other way to convey that message to Harry. He would not have reveal that information otherwise. Unless Dumbledore to his memory with by force or unbeknownst to Snape.

We could say occlumency but Snape shut that down.

6. Do you think Snape would have been happy that Harry named a son after him?

I think he would have though he wouldn’t have shown it. Assuming that he revealed his memories to Harry, I think he would have known that Harry did not name his son after Snape because of how Harry felt about he but because of how Snape felt about Harry’s mother.

 

I will be re-reading this series again and again. I just can’t get enough. Thanks to Alison Can Read for these great questions. Click the link to check out this post and her answers.

The Harry Potter Project

The Harry Potter Project

I love the Harry Potter series. I'm sure you all know that since I'm hosting the Hogwarts Reading Challenge 2012. I am also going to re-read the series again. This time I am going to do an indepth review. If you would like to join me please do. I would like to have a discussion about the meaning of the books. What did you found interesting? What did you get from the story? Dicuss the characters. Who is Nicholas Flamel? Tales of Beetle the Bard, what other stories does it remind you of? Let dig in. The more people the better. First book review/discussion end of January 2012.

Harry Potter Week

Over at Reading with Tequila there will be Harry Potter week. From September 22nd to the 29th there will be posts from different bloggers writing about why they love or hate certain characters.

I think you all know that I love the Harry Potter world so I will definitely check back to read these posts. I have also submitted my request for a post about Lord Voldemort. Is it love or hate? Hopefully I will be able to write the post and y'all shall find out. So stay tune for updates.

Also for those of you who are students in my Hogwarts Challenge I am working on a special nini challenge in November since that is the month the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Haollows comes out.

Hogwarts Reading Challenge The Houses

The Houses


Gryffindor - 83pts
Student List


Kari - 47 pts + CC 5pts + DA 5pts +SC 20pts = 77
Nay - 6pts


Ravenclaw - 0pts
Student List





Hufflepuff - 5pts
Student List

Melissa -
Evana (I Love Reading Challenge member - 5 pts




Slytherin - 21pts
Student List

La Toya - 13pts
Tenia F (I Love Reading Challenge member) - 8pts




***if you do not see points beside your name it's because I couldn't find your list. Remember the link provided is suppose to be a link to a Hogwarts Reading Challenge only post.

Hogwarts Reading Challenge

Hogwarts Reading Challenge 2010

March 8 2010 to December 13 2010

Winner will be annouced on Jan 7th 2011 Christine T winner picked through random.org

Congrats! I will contact you shortly with the link to your gift card.

giving eveyone time to check points and get them in so to those who I have reached out to please show me your books

In the Hogwarts Reading Challenge you are a student of the school. You will be sorted into houses. Each book you read must fit in to the subject of one the classes. You do not have to read books that fit all the subjects. Each book equals one point (toward the house cup).

You must read at least 5 books (audio books counts) before you are enter in to the drawing. At the end of the Challenge one person will win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and one house will win the House Cup (purely a pride thing).

Check back regularly as there will be Mini Challenges. The first Mini Challenge will start on April 2nd. Come back to see what the challenge will be and it's incentive.

To be eligible to win prizes you must have a blog and sign up using Mr. Linky. Then start a Hogwarts Reading Challenge post and link it back to this post.

****Update you can be eligible for prize if you become a member of I Love Reading Challenges on Shelfari and keep the list of the books you read for this challenge under the Hogwarts Challenge post there. You can also become a fan of the I Love Reading Challenges Facebook fan page and keep you list there as well.

Click here to go to the Sorting Hat. Please be honest. If there are too many in one particular house you may be place into another. So if the Sorting Hat places you in Sytherin you are Sytherin for duration of this challenge.

Click here to check your individual points and your house points.

Reading a Harry Potter book earns you 25 house points.

Have any questions leave them in a comment and I will get back to you. Have fun, good luck and Happy Reading!

****you can also find this challenge at my group I Love Reading Challenge on Shelfari

The Houses

Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin

The Classes

Transfiguration - read any book that has trans or figure in its title, is about shape shifting, has a shape shifter in it, or is about anything having to do with changing one thing into another

Defence Against the Dark Arts - read any book that has defence(defense), dark and/or art(s) in its title, read any book that is about self defense, war, history of war/marital arts, murder mysteries

Charms - read any book that has charm in its title, any book that deals with gives something or someone a new aspect (for example the nerdy guy become a handsome doctor)

Potions - read any book that has potion in its title, cookbooks count but you must cook at least one recipe out of the book

Astronomy - read any book that has astronomy in its title, books about planets, stars, etc, sci-fi

History of Magic - read any book that has history or magic in its title, books about magic, witches, etc

Herbology - read any book that has herb in its title, again cookbooks count and again you must cook at least one recipe out of the book

Arithmancy - read any book that has arithmancy in its title, any book with a number in its title, any book that deal with numbers or math

Ancient Runes - read any book that has ancient or runes in its title, books about historical places like the pyramids, Stonehenge, great wall of china, or any book about symbols

Divination - read any book that has divine in its title, any book about psychics or psychic abilities, tarot reading etc

Care of Magical Creatures - read any book that has magical or creatures in its title, about supernatural beings

Muggle Studies - nearly any book works here, what better why to understand Muggle than to read what they read

How to list your books and keep track of points:

When you copy this post onto your blog just list the book you read for the challenge under the subject to which it fits. Please include the name of the book/author and the the date you finished reading it

EX:

History of Magic - read any book that has history or magic in its title, books about magic, witches, etc

-Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts 3/12/2010

If you are reading along at the Shelfari I Love Reading Challenges group the challenge is already set up this way.

I'm Back! and with a new challenge

WOW! I didn't realize that I have been gone for so long. I'm back though. I have a new challenge that I am working on. Everything should be posted by Monday the latest. It is the Hogwarts Challenge. To win a $25 Amazon gift card you have to following this blog and sign up using Mr. Linky.

Harry Potter

Like millions of people one of my favorites series is the Harry Potter books. For people who don't understand what all the hype is about I'm going to do a Harry Potter in depth review. And for those who love the books as much as I do maybe you'll see something that you overlooked before or maybe catch something that I've forgot.

I hope to compile a decent list of characters, words, places, spell and more. So keep a heads up for the fun. Also look for my in depth look into the Dark Series.