Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Harry Potter dành cho Muggle/Truyện/Hòn Đá Phù Thủy/Chương 11”

As with any school, sport plays an integral part in student life. At Hogwarts, that sport is Quidditch, and it serves as both a unifying force and a divisive element within the school. Students are bound by their enthusiasm for the game, but their Houses also compete against one another to win the Quidditch Cup, as well as the House Cup. Though these rivalries are generally amicable, Slytherin and Gryffindor have always been particularly competitive, and occasionally openly antogonistic. Slytherin's Quidditch captain, Marcus Flynt, actually uses the incident with Harry's broom as a means to score more points for his team, showing just how devious and exploitative Slytherins truly are. The two Houses' rivalry soon becomes a metaphor for themes of good vs evil in the series and the battle that is to come, as Wizards either align themselves with Voldemort or choose to fight him and his Death Eaters. While Gryffindor represents Voldemort's opponents and Slytherin his followers (perhaps including Snape), both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff Houses symbolize how many in the Wizarding world tend to bebecome passive or apathetic to the evil that insidiously creeps in and takes hold, finallyready adaptingto adapt themselves to the resulting outcome, whatever it is. Divisions will also be seen within Harry's own House, Gryffindor, later in the series, as Harry's claim that the Dark Lord has returned is endlessly disputed, and his fellow House-mates take sides either for or against him.

Meanwhile, Hermione's newly-formed friendship with Harry and Ron continues to develop, and her intelligence and generosity are already proving useful. Initially it is the small (comparative to what comes later) matter of helping Harry with his homework when he becomes overwhelmed with the extra Quidditch practices, but she moves quicklyswiftly and decisively to protect Harry when she sees that his broom ishas beingbeen tampered with during the game, riskingputting his life in danger.

As seen by the jinxed broom during the game, someone has malicious intentions against Harry, and it certainly seems obvious, at least to Harry and Ron that itthis person is Snape. Even Hermione has abandoned her naive view that teachers can do no wrong and agrees that it must be Snape who seeks the Stone. Hagrid adamantly disagrees with the Trio that Snape, or any Hogwarts professor, could be involved in a plot against the school or Harry. While Hagrid's blind faith seems simplistic, almost child-like, we, however, have seen that Snape appears to have a particular interest in the forbidden third-floor corridor, the trap door, and perhaps what lies beneath it.