Rebellion

(noun) To rebel, revolt, fight back; an insurrection or uprising.

Think of the Boston Tea Party and the colonists tossing over-taxed English tea into Boston Harbor -late at night, while dressed in disguise as Native Americans; or Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, with help from Wendy, John and Michael, fighting back against Hook with swords, trickery and magic. Or Harry, leading the new secret student defense group, Dumbledore's Army, striking back at the Ministry of Magic, it's unwillingness to believe in Voldemort's return, and preparing his schoolmates for an inevitable battle. (Go ahead and put "inevitable" in your dictionaries, because that word is going to start coming up, a lot, in our discussons!)

Sometimes in life, you have to stand up and fight back against those who would force you to live blindly, foolishly, dangerously (like the Ministry of Magic); or against those who hurt, or are cruel and vicious (like Lord Voldemort). The time has come for Harry to start taking his place in the battle against the Dark Lord, to stand up and rebel, but like all great freedom fighters, Harry has to work his way up to being a true leader of the wizarding world. He has to start small, with the DA. What do you think of Rebellion?
In other storylines, what is going on with poor Hagrid? What kind of a person has Hermione become? She's now a blackmailer??? How many more educational decrees can we take??? How many could any person take before they burst with outrage?
And last, but certainly not least, Harry's dreams...or are they??? What do you think about Occlumency and magic that forces you to relive your worst memories? It's a bit like something we've seen before, isn't it? Is Occlumency dark magic, or not? Who is our new face of evil? Why?

All this and more, Thursday, March 8th at 5 pm at the Menigoz house:

***Please find your dictionaries and bring with you, I didn't make them for my health!***:>)

Art by Camille