Just joined - looking for help !

[Greg and Kelly]

No: HPFGUIDX 6948

Hello everyone, I'm Kelly, and I've just joined this group.  I just started reading the HP books about 3 months ago.  I've read them all (at least once), and I've also listened to the tapes by Jim Dale, I'm 1/2 way thru GoF tapes right now.

Please forgive me if this subject has been beat to death. . .  I'm wondering why Voldemort wanted to kill James and Harry?  Voldemort himself said that Lily needn't have died, but she wouldn't let him kill Harry, so he had to kill her.  (I think - I've lent the books to my sister, and so I don't have accurate references at the moment.)  In PS/SS when Harry asked Dumbledore why Voldemort wanted to kill him, Dumbledore said something to the effect that Harry was too young right now, but when he was older and ready, he would know.  So Voldemort wanted James, and his son, Harry dead - but didn't care about Lily.  And in CoS, Tom Riddle asked Harry why Voldemort wasn't able to kill him.  Harry said because my mom died to protect me.  Tom responded with something like "Oh, that's all - I thought that maybe --- " and leaves it at that.

So anyway, that has been bugging me, and I've not seen any reference to it on any of the web pages - though I've just started looking this week.  So, again, I ask your forgiveness if this is an old subject, and also because of my lack of accurate, specific references but I'm too curious to wait!

THANKS,
Kelly
(Michigan, USA)


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