Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Harry Potter dành cho Muggle/Truyện/Tên Tù Nhân Ngục Azkaban/Chương 7”

In Defence Against the Dark Arts, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Remus Lupin|Professor Lupin]] tells the class to put their books away and bring out their wands, they will have a practical lesson. He leads them to the staff room, where they find Snape. When Snape, as he departs, snidely comments about Neville's undisciplined magic, Lupin replies that he hoped Neville would lead off the demonstration. Lupin explains that there is a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Boggart|Boggart]] in the wardrobe. No one knows what a Boggart looks like because it styles itself after a person's deepest fear. To repel it, it must be forced to change into a humorous shape by casting the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Riddikulus|''Riddikulus'' charm]]. Neville's greatest fear is Snape. Lupin tells Neville to imagine the scary professor wearing his grandmother's clothing. Each student similarly comes up with their own fear and then pictures it as a funny image. Harry first thinks of [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Voldemort]], but on further thought decides that his greatest fear is a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Dementor|Dementor]]; he wonders how can he make that funny. The wardrobe is opened and "Snape" emerges. Neville casts the spell that dresses Snape as his grandmother. Following Neville's success, each student takes a shot at the Boggart. As Harry goes to take his turn, Lupin steps in before the Boggart takes shape. It rapidly turns into a floating white orb, and Lupin forces it back to Neville, who spells it one last time, whereupon it vanishes. Class is dismissed. Harry wonders why he was prevented from repelling the Boggart, while [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Parvati Patil|Parvati]] is curious as to why Lupin fears crystal balls. Ron wants to know what Hermione's worst fear is, but she also did not have a chance at the Boggart.

 

 

Professor Lupin's character is becoming more defined here. One key item is his understanding, demonstrated here by his actions, that students, like anyone, require respect in order to perform at their best. Despite Snape's aspersions against Neville Longbottom, Lupin has him lead off against the Boggart, and coaches him to where he has the confidence to perform the spell twice. This proves to be an important milestone in Neville's development. To date, Neville has always felt that he was in the wrong place, even remarking that "everyone knows [he's] almost a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Squib|squib]]," in ''[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Chamber of Secrets/Chapter 11|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''. He fears he has no real magical abilities. Indeed, it does appear that he has little, if any, skill in Potions, and he is apparently just as lost in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Divination|Divination]] as Harry and Ron. Lupin, by having him lead off the class against the Boggart and later having him finish the lesson, boosts his confidence. Harry's confidence, meanwhile, is deflated when Lupin denies him an opportunity at the Boggart, leaving him a bit confused.

We are also offered a few more insights into Snape's character, but little new is learned; he is wholly biased in favor of his own House, Slytherin, and seems to purposely belittle Gryffindors, especially Neville. This bias apparently extends to anyone or anything associated with Harry, but Snape's animosity may go even further than that.

 

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