Rejection: Rita Skeeter’s Scoop (Book 4, Chapter 24)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
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The Rejection of a Dragon
There's a lot of rejection in this chapter, actually. And the place I want to start is with Harry. He rejects Cedric's advice and even starts to pretend like it's not helpful advice. Imagine how happy Hagrid would be if he did get out of it as a dragon. Like at least I told him it was actually a drag and he can't just tell me what it says. It gets really complicated because what the emotion, the affective experience that Harry is actually having is jealously and uncertainty and insecurity.
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