Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Harry Potter dành cho Muggle/Truyện/Tên Tù Nhân Ngục Azkaban/Chương 10”

Professor McGonagall, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Filius Flitwick|Professor Flitwick]], [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Cornelius Fudge|Cornelius Fudge]], the Minister for Magic, enter. Ron and Hermione quickly hide Harry under the table. The four, plus Madam Rosmerta, sit down at an adjacent table. When Rosmerta complains the Dementors are affecting her business, Fudge explains they are necessary because Black is so dangerous. Rosmerta mentions that Sirius and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/James Potter|James Potter]] were great friends once, always in the Three Broomsticks together. This surprises Harry. Fudge says that not only was Sirius James' best friend, but also best man at his wedding and Harry's godfather. James and Lily knew Voldemort was hunting them and went into hiding. They used the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Fidelius|Fidelius charm]] to conceal themselves and appointed Sirius their Secret-Keeper. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], aware someone close to them was leaking secrets, offered to be their Secret-Keeper, but they declined. Barely a week later, Voldemort killed James and Lily, although he met his own demise in baby Harry. Obviously Black, tired of playing double agent, had thrown his lot in with Voldemort but, after his defeat, fled for his life. However, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Peter Pettigrew|Peter Pettigrew]], another Potter friend, caught up to Black the next day and accused him of betraying James and Lily. Black killed him and twelve Muggle bystanders with a single curse. Fudge himself was called to the scene and recalled Black holding Pettigrew's remains -- a severed finger and bloodstained robes. Black was sentenced to [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Azkaban|Azkaban]]. It is believed he is trying to reunite with Voldemort, perhaps after killing Harry to prove his loyalty. Fudge says that he went to inspect Azkaban just before Black escaped, and notes with unease that the now-fugitive appeared merely bored and spoke to him quite rationally, unlike most prisoners who struggle to keep their sanity. Fudge had given him his newspaper. The teachers depart; Harry, Ron, and Hermione are too stunned to speak.

 

 

Harry shows his more mature analytical thinking here as he realizes that the screams he hears whenever the Dementors approach are his mother's during her murder. Eventually, he is able to recall her last words, desperately pleading for her life. Slowly, his memory is uncovering more pieces to a horrific, long-buried puzzle.

On a side note, we hear in this chapter that Madam Rosmerta was somehow involved in running the Three Broomsticks when James Potter and Sirius Black were students. This makes Madam Rosmerta literally old enough to be Ron's mother, as she must have been at least as old as James and Sirius when they were at Hogwarts. Seen in that light, Ron's crush on Madam Rosmerta seems a little ludicrous. Adult readers may recognize, however, that 35 to 40 years old is nowhere near as "ancient" as it appears to the nominal target audience (age 12 to 15) for this book. This aspect of Ron's development is entirely normal, and helps to round out his character.

 

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