Plans

While we have seen Dumbledore have many complicated plans, same with Harry and his friends, as well as a few good plans originating from Voldemort, we haven't seen a plan such as the one carried out in chapter 27 from anyone else. It is surprising that Malfoy came up with such a plan on his own. Using the interconected vanashing cabinants was a particulary brillient idea, and the fact that he was able to fix the damaged one in Hogwarts shows that Malfoy is more than just skilled at dueling.

While I don't remember much of the 7th book (though Micaela did remind me of something in class today), when reading the part where Dumbledore dies, the part where he supposedly begs for his life, I never felt that he was begging for his life. The first time I read this I wasn't paying close attention to that part because I was too shocked and saddened and whatnot to really know what was going on, but this time I definitely felt there was something more going on than just begging for his life. Micaela reminded me that somehow this death was planned, but I still don't remember how, but that would make since. Snape is angry at what he has to do, not at Dumbledore himself (though the anger could be aimed at him as well because Dumbledore told Snape to kill him, if indeed thats what we find out later, not sure though). Same goes with when he is angry that Harry is calling him a coward, because a coward couldn't do something like that for someone, killing them I mean.