Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Harry Potter dành cho Muggle/Truyện/Phòng Chứa Bí Mật/Chương 11”

The dueling club shows us Gilderoy Lockhart's continuing ineptness, as he is unable to block Snape's simple spell, control the student duels, or eliminate Draco's conjured snake. By now, we should be wondering whether Gilderoy is a wizard at all, or merely a very good self-promoter. It is curious that Hermione still seems so takeninfatuated with him. Snape sees through Lockhart, of course, and Ron observes that if Snape looked at him like he did Lockhart, Ron would run for cover.

During the dueling club, Harry's ability to talk to snakes is revealed, though readers first saw this when Harry and the Dursleys visited the zoo in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Philosopher's Stone/Chapter 2|''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'']]. We learn here that it is an extremely rare ability, linked only to Salazar Slytherin and his descendants. Given that the school fears "the Heir of Slytherin's" ongoing depredations, this is a major concern, of course. Proof that there is a connection between Salazar Slytherin and Harry could not be any plainer, and Harry, who knows little about his ancestry, cannotis unable to disprove, even to himself, that he could be the Heir. The only mitigating factor is that Harry was absent whenduring the petrifications happened. Harry knows this, but is unable to prove it.

This whole episode throws Harry into confusion. The Sorting Hat had wanted to place him into Slytherin House; he plainly remembers that the only reason it did not was because he asked not to be. Obviously, the Hat recognizeddetected the link to Slytherin that is now made manifest by Harry's [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Parseltongue|Parseltongue]] ability. Though Harry loves Gryffindor, is he there under false pretenses? This uncertainty, to a greater or lesser extent, will likely prey on Harry until the book's end.

Also, Neville's fearing that he may be targeted, even though he is a pure-blood, is probably justified. The series increasingly parallels real-life history, including totalitarian regimes, particularly Nazi Germany. Even within their own society, it was common practice weed out those considered as "undesirables", including the aged, infirmed, or anyone with physical or mental handicaps. If Voldemort should ever return to power, it seems likely that in addition to his strict "pure-blood" ethos, he would only recruit the strongest, brightest, and most magically proficient wizards for his new order. Neville, and other "unworthy" pure-bloods, could become victims under such a regime.