[HPforGrownups] Marauder's Map/Riddle's diary

[Christina Gross]

No: HPFGUIDX 4480

On 23.10.2000 at 11:53:27 Amanda Lewanski wrote:

>But was the map created while they were still at Hogwarts? If it
>was, they
>were senior students. I'm not denigrating their brilliance; they did
>become
>Animagi, too, but they could easily have made the map after they
>graduated.

Once they'd left Hogwarts, what would they need the map for?

>Did he say when he made the diary, either?

I assumed Riddle preserved himself in the diary as he was when he
made it. He realized he had better not open the Chamber again while
he was still at Hogwarts because Dumbledore was already suspecting
him. He made the diary so that he would be able to guide somebody to
the Chamber. 
Dumbledore tells Harry at the end of CoS that Tom Riddle was probably
Hogwarts' most brilliant student to date. 

CoS was the book that got me hooked on the series. After reading
PS/SS I thought good book, but way over-hyped. I only discovered
Harry Potter this year when the marketing frenzy had started already. 

Greetings
Christina


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