[HPforGrownups] Re: neville's story

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 5287

Karin wrote:

> "Susan McGee" wrote:
> >
> > Was there a conspiracy of silence, not to tell the children
> > the horrors of L.V. Yet Ron knows enough to be shocked by harry's
> > use of L.V.s name..
> >
>
> I think parents probably wanted to shelter their children from the
> knowledge of all the horrible things Voldemort and the Death Eaters
> did.

Yes, we see this by the fact that Dumbledore remarks at the Leaving Feast
that he is going against many of the parents' wishes by telling the students
the truth about Cedric's death.

Peg