Mysteries and inconsistencies Pt 1

[davehoz]

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From: davehoz
Subject: Re: Mysteries and inconsistencies Pt 1
Reply To: [Yahoo! #2215] Mysteries and inconsistencies Pt 1
Date: 6/19/00 4:57 pm  (ET)

>Why doesn't Harry ever seem to give anyone presents, only get them?

This is the ever-popular "Harry as Scrooge" question. My answer is that,
as you say, it is how JKR writes. She might have written at some point,
to paraphrase Louisa May Alcott: "Everyone got Christmas presents, but
we will only discuss Harry's, because it is with he that we have the
most to do, the other characters being of only secondary importance." (I
must admit, however, that I'm glad JKR never wrote such a passage --
I don't consider Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, etc. to be of only "secondary
importance".)

>Why did James Potter give Dumbledore the invisibility cloak? Wouldn't
an invisibility
>cloak be a useful thing to have around if an evil wizard were looking
for you?

It seems obvious to me that Dumbledore can "see through" the cloak --
Perhaps Voldemort could too.