Chapter 11 Summary

Gryffindor had its Quidditch team tryouts: This year, the team consisted of Harry, who was the captain; Ron, Ginny, Katie Bell, Demelza Robins, Jimmy Peaks; and Ritchie Coote. After tryouts, Harry, Ron and Hermione walked down to visit Hagrid. He wasn't very happy when they arrived. Aragog, the gigantic talking spider who now lived in the Forbidden Forest, was ailing. By the time they left, he was considerably more cheerful. Back in Gryffindor, Demelza relayed the message to Harry that Snape wanted him to report to his office at 8:30 for detention, sorting out rotten from good flobberworms without protective gloves.

Chapter 11 Analysis

It doesn't take rocket science to realize that sorting out rotten from good flobberworms without protective gloves is a disgusting task. That Harry's successfully repelling Snape during the year's first course in Defense Against the Dark Arts resulted in such a...