*Harry refills his money sack with lots of booty and then reminds himself to be frugal. He doesn't want to ask the Dursleys for monetary assistance.
That is a bit strange, isn't it? The initial assumption in PS/SS is that Harry's quite rich in Wizarding terms, but here there's a sense that there's only enough money to last until his studies at Hogwarts are done:
Once Harry had refilled his money bag with gold Galleons, silver Sickles, and bronze Knuts from his vault at Gringotts, he had to exercise a lot of self-control not to spend the whole lot at once. He had to keep reminding himself that he had five years to go at Hogwarts, and how it would feel to ask the Dursleys for money for spellbooks... --POA (Scholastic Press), pg 50
How paradoxical the idea of him asking Vernon & Petunia for money seems: Had V&P been given some financial assistance from the vault's executor -- most likley Dumbles -- for the care of Harry, would they have been more inclined to be nicer to him? Considering that their mistreatment of Harry makes him that much more putty in Dumbledore's hands...
Yet if there's only enough in the vault to get Harry through seven years of school, that explains why the Dursleys weren't recompensed for taking Harry in.
Intriguingly, Gobstones (Eileen Prince's claim to fame) are mentioned as a financial temptation, along with the "perfect, moving model of the galaxy in a large glass ball, which would have meant he never had to take another Astronomy lesson." Both references to HBP, as well as the fact that Harry (like Tom in HBP) is left unsupervised in Diagon Alley. Dumbledore has clearly learned his lessons: He's allowed Harry to grow 2 years older, be indoctrinated into Dumbles' POV via Hogwarts, AND made sure Harry is completely & utterly loyal to him before letting him wander about Diagon Alley on his own!
*Harry is intrigued by Death Omen books at the book store. One has a picture of a dog that reminds him of the one he saw at Magnolia Crescent.
Meanwhile, I'm more intrigued by Unfogging the Future by Cassandra (http://www.loggia.com/myth/cassandra.html) Vablatsky (http://blavatskyarchives.com/longseal.htm), oh dear. ;) A very interesting way to prepare the reader for Sybill Trelawney!
Harry catches an argument between Molly and Arthur. Molly wants to keep Harry ignorant of the Sirius Black danger and Arthur wants to tell him all about the danger.
In hindsight, their obsequious fawning & fussing over Harry is kind of pathetic; Harry wasn't the one Sirius was after at all.
Percy really gets shat on in this chapter, doesn't he? :( Interesting that the rat tonic was used to deface his badge, since Scabbers was originally his pet. Also interesting that he sets himself up as an alternate "example" for Ginny to look up to, what with his ambition, doggedness and desire for power. While Ginny's goals seem rather narrower in focus than Percy's (at this point, as of HBP), it seems as if his influence did come through in certain ways.
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Date: 2007-01-21 05:03 pm (UTC)That is a bit strange, isn't it? The initial assumption in PS/SS is that Harry's quite rich in Wizarding terms, but here there's a sense that there's only enough money to last until his studies at Hogwarts are done:
Once Harry had refilled his money bag with gold Galleons, silver Sickles, and bronze Knuts from his vault at Gringotts, he had to exercise a lot of self-control not to spend the whole lot at once. He had to keep reminding himself that he had five years to go at Hogwarts, and how it would feel to ask the Dursleys for money for spellbooks...
--POA (Scholastic Press), pg 50
How paradoxical the idea of him asking Vernon & Petunia for money seems: Had V&P been given some financial assistance from the vault's executor -- most likley Dumbles -- for the care of Harry, would they have been more inclined to be nicer to him? Considering that their mistreatment of Harry makes him that much more putty in Dumbledore's hands...
Yet if there's only enough in the vault to get Harry through seven years of school, that explains why the Dursleys weren't recompensed for taking Harry in.
Intriguingly, Gobstones (Eileen Prince's claim to fame) are mentioned as a financial temptation, along with the "perfect, moving model of the galaxy in a large glass ball, which would have meant he never had to take another Astronomy lesson." Both references to HBP, as well as the fact that Harry (like Tom in HBP) is left unsupervised in Diagon Alley. Dumbledore has clearly learned his lessons: He's allowed Harry to grow 2 years older, be indoctrinated into Dumbles' POV via Hogwarts, AND made sure Harry is completely & utterly loyal to him before letting him wander about Diagon Alley on his own!
*Harry is intrigued by Death Omen books at the book store. One has a picture of a dog that reminds him of the one he saw at Magnolia Crescent.
Meanwhile, I'm more intrigued by Unfogging the Future by Cassandra (http://www.loggia.com/myth/cassandra.html) Vablatsky (http://blavatskyarchives.com/longseal.htm), oh dear. ;) A very interesting way to prepare the reader for Sybill Trelawney!
Harry catches an argument between Molly and Arthur. Molly wants to keep Harry ignorant of the Sirius Black danger and Arthur wants to tell him all about the danger.
In hindsight, their obsequious fawning & fussing over Harry is kind of pathetic; Harry wasn't the one Sirius was after at all.
Percy really gets shat on in this chapter, doesn't he? :( Interesting that the rat tonic was used to deface his badge, since Scabbers was originally his pet. Also interesting that he sets himself up as an alternate "example" for Ginny to look up to, what with his ambition, doggedness and desire for power. While Ginny's goals seem rather narrower in focus than Percy's (at this point, as of HBP), it seems as if his influence did come through in certain ways.