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Moody then demonstrates the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Crucio|Cruciatus]] curse. He [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Engorgio|enlarges]] another spider and casts Crucio on it. The spider is obviously in extreme pain, and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Neville Longbottom|Neville]] becomes distressed watching it. Moody releases it. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]] mentions [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Avada Kedavra|the Killing Curse]]. In a jet of green light, another spider simply dies. Only one person is known to have survived that particular curse: [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]. For Harry, who remembers the green flash and the rushing noise, this curse is a revelation.
After class, Moody pulls the still-shaken Neville aside, then tells Harry, he needs to know (the implication being that he should know about the curse that killed his parents). Moody then takes Neville to his office for a cup of tea. When the Trio return to the common room later, Neville is reading a book Professor Moody gave him, titled
Harry and Ron tackle their difficult [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Divination|Divination]] homework, finally reverting to inventing their own outlandish predictions. Harry notices [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Fred and George Weasley|the Twins]] huddled over a parchment. George cautions Fred, "No, that sounds like we're accusing him. Got to be careful." Hermione returns from the library intending to start an organization she calls [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/S.P.E.W.|S.P.E.W.: the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare]]. She coerces Harry and Ron into being officers. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hedwig|Hedwig]] delivers a message from [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Sirius Black|Sirius Black]]. Harry's painful scar and other events concerns him - he is returning to England. Harry frets, fearing he has put Sirius in danger by complaining about his scar. If Sirius is captured, Harry would never forgive himself.
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Harry and the other students are unaware that Neville Longbottom's parents, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Frank Longbottom|Frank]] and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Alice Longbottom|Alice]], are permanently committed to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries|St. Mungo's Hospital]]. When we and Harry learn this later, it is also revealed that Moody was present at the Death Eaters' trial, and thus knows that they tortured the Longbottoms into insanity using the Cruciatus curse. This sheds some light on these occurrences, as it is meant to; we suddenly understand why Neville became so upset while watching the curse demonstration and why Moody apparently took such pains to comfort him. In the final chapter, however, it is revealed that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Barty Crouch Jr.|Barty Crouch, Jr.]] has been impersonating the real Professor Moody by using Polyjuice Potion. He was among the four Death Eaters sentenced to Azkaban for torturing the Longbottoms to insanity using the Cruciatus Curse. It may seem that Crouch (as Moody) is showing compassion to one whose parents he drove insane, though that is actually keeping in character with what the real Moody probably would have done under the same circumstances. And while Crouch giving Neville the Herbology book seems like yet another magnanimous gesture to help boost Neville's low self-esteem, it is actually because the book contains information that Crouch wants passed on to Harry to help him win the Tournament, thus leading Harry into Voldemort's trap. Crouch likely orchestrated the Cruciatus demonstration hoping it would upset the sensitive Neville, solely to give Crouch an opportunity to present him the Herbology book without his motives appearing suspicious. This extreme deviousness illustrates, upon reflection, something unsavory about Crouch's character in particular, and perhaps Death Eaters in general. Also, Barty's comment that Snape and Karkaroff are "old acquaintances," may not only be truthful, implying that he knew them as fellow Death Eaters, but it also demonstrates a rather perverse sense of humor. Considering that Snape and Karkaroff betrayed Voldemort, Barty's sarcastic comment could have the same double-entendre implication as what the real Alastor Moody would mean had he said it.
We note in particular that Moody's character is being very carefully displayed here. The author must strike a very careful balance in Moody's actions, here displayed before Harry's class, so that his actions remain ambiguous. If Moody is who he seems, his actions show a Dark wizard hunter, rendered almost paranoid because of the large number of wizards who believe he has harmed them, and who cares little for the rules of the Ministry because he feels they prevent him doing his job. If Moody is actually a Dark wizard in disguise, as we find later that he is, his actions are those of someone who actively opposes the Ministry, providing the facade of a Dark-wizard hunter, but reveling in his chance to practice Unforgivable Curses with impunity. When we do eventually see Barty Crouch, he appears somewhat unbalanced mentally, and can see that his behaviour in this chapter could equally well fit the persona he reveals then.
The Twins are writing to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ludovic Bagman|Ludo Bagman]]. This subplot runs throughout the year, as Ludo reneges on paying the Twins their winnings. Ludo clearly fears his other debtors, the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Goblin|Goblins]], far more than the Twins, knowing the Goblins can inflict serious injury if they are unpaid; when Ludo's debts finally go completely sour at the book's end, he goes into hiding, leaving the Twins and the Goblins without being paid.
=== Connections ===
Within this book: The author has stated in an interview that the previous chapter was one of the more difficult chapters to write, and it had to be rewritten several times in order to properly hide the necessary clues. It would appear that the author in fact meant this chapter, where we see more of Moody. We note the following items:
* Moody gives Neville a book that includes details of [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Gillyweed|Gillyweed]]. He clearly already knows of the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/Second Task|Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament]], and expects Harry to consult with Neville for help.
* Neville's reaction to the Cruciatus Curse is explained later in this book when Harry sees the trial of Barty Crouch in Dumbledore's [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Pensieve|Pensieve]]. His reaction being greater than Harry's is meant to suggest that his exposure to Cruciatus was more affecting than Harry's exposure to the killing curse.
* Moody's character is very carefully crafted here so that his character remains ambiguous. Details in the Greater Picture section above.
Series:
* We are here first introduced to the three Unforgivable Curses. We will see many more uses of the Imperius Curse in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows|''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'']]; the Cruciatus curse will be used in this book, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']], and ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''; and the Killing Curse in this book and ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. We also see that it was the Killing Curse that Harry remembers from his parent's last night alive. This is our first exposure to curses which are so evil that their use is forbidden under pain of life-long imprisonment; we will see later how little attention Dark wizards pay to the supposed penalties.
* Despite the character we see in this chapter not being the true Alastor Moody, his paranoia is true to character. We will see that character trait pretty much every time he re-enters our story.
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