Question

Read the following excerpt from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and answer the questions that follow.

AMOS: There's plenty you're responsible for.

HARRY: Sorry?

AMOS: My son, Cedric, you do remember Cedric, don't you?

HARRY: (remembering Cedric hurts him) Yes, I remember your son. His loss-

AMOS: Voldemort wanted you! Not my son! You told me yourself, the words he said were, "Kill the spare." The spare. My son, my beautiful son, was a spare.

HARRY: Mr. Diggory, as you know, I sympathize with your efforts to memorialize Cedric, but-

AMOS: A memorial? I am not interested in a memorial-not anymore. I am an old man-an old dying man-and I am here to ask you-beg you-to help him back.

HARRY: (looks up astonished)

HARRY: Get him back? Amos, that's not possible....

HARRY: Amos, playing with Time? You know we can't do that.

AMOS: How many people have died for the Boy Who Lived? I'm asking you to save one of them

What does this scene reveal about Amos’s feelings toward Harry?

Amos respects Harry and has come to get his help.
Amos believes Harry was a good friend to Cedric.
Amos feels Harry is responsible for Cedric’s death.

Answer 1

Amos feels Harry is responsible for Cedric’s death.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Amos feels Harry is responsible for Cedric's death.

Step-by-step explanation:

Amos says, "How many people have died for the Boy Who Lived? I'm asking you to save one of them." He thinks that Cedric died for Harry to live, and that it is Harry's fault.