stars, Lily and James, Nearly Headless Nick, and the guy on the back

[Pam Scruton]

No: HPFGUIDX 1388

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Sam  Brown" 

> Secondly, Voldemort states explicity at the end 'I killed your 
> father, and then your mother' 

Actually I've never thought it necessary to believe *anything* 
Voldemort says and certainly would not believe *everything*.  There 
may have been no point in his lying to Harry but in Voldemort we have 
an amoral, psychopathic baddie who may lie so habitually that truth 
and falsehood have absolutely no significance for him.  He is also 
intentionally cruel and plays with his 'kill' feeding off their 
distress - he may have thought that Harry would find it more 
upsetting to think his mother watched his father die.  Harry hears 
his mother's screams but I'm not sure he actually sees his parents' 
death clearly and unambiguously.  


> Thirdly Nearly Headless Nick 

Yea - I agree - we've all exaggerated for effect on occasion I'm 
sure.  

> Fourthly, I have the British edition, and on the back cover of PS 
> there's a picture of a young, bearded man holding a book. 

I think when Bloomsbury were asked about this they said it was 
a 'generic wizard'  and obviously someone had told the artist about 
Dumbledore's striped trousers.  A later edition of the UK paperback 
shows Dumbledore - complete with long grey hair and beard tucked into 
belt and striped trousers and the put-outer.