Purpose: The Second Task (Book 4, Chapter 26)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This week, Matt and Vanessa explore the theme of Purpose in Chapter Twenty-Six of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! They discuss the tournament's use of children as bait, love as motivation and purpose, and Snape's begrudging approach to his own designated purpose as Harry's protector. Throughout the episode we consider the question: is there such a thing as one "true" purpose?
Thank you to Kimberly for their voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter Twenty-Seven, Padfoot Returns, with special guest Casper ter Kuile through the theme of Legacy!
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| 0:00.0 | Vanessa, can I tell you what one of my favorite places is? |
| 0:02.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:02.7 | One of my favorite places is Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |
| 0:05.1 | And can I tell you one of my favorite times to be on Cape Cod? |
| 0:08.3 | Yes. |
| 0:08.8 | Fall. |
| 0:09.6 | Autumn on Cape Cod is the best, because the crowds go away, |
| 0:12.7 | and it's beautiful. |
| 0:13.8 | And the colors come a little bit later there. |
| 0:15.6 | And so you have this long stretch of colors. |
| 0:17.9 | And the beaches are open, and the sunsets are amazing. |
| 0:20.9 | I can't think of a place I would rather be in, say, |
| 0:23.5 | mid to late fall than walking around Cape Cod. |
| 0:26.7 | Well, how would you feel about going to Cape Cod |
| 0:29.7 | in the fall with colette pots? |
| 0:32.2 | But also Naomi Westwater, and most importantly, |
| 0:35.6 | I think, with Mary Oliver's poetry. |
| 0:38.2 | Mary Oliver's poetry, I think, |
| 0:40.0 | means a lot to a lot of us. |
| 0:42.0 | I think of Mary Oliver every day of my life. |
| 0:44.6 | When I let my dog off leash at a field, |
| 0:46.6 | I think of Mary Oliver's quote, happiness is a dog off leash. |
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