[HPforGrownups] Re: GoF: Sending Harry back to the Dursleys.

[driveslucy at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 17285

In a message dated 4/20/01 6:53:34 PM Central Daylight Time, 
irbohlen at email.unc.edu writes:

> Then I was confined to bed for a month with a broken leg, and 
>  _listened_ to all the HP tapes [US versions] and, when I got to 
>  GoF--Wow! I too was incredibly upset. The scene with Voldemort 
>  was suddenly very frightening ...Cedric's death a tragic irony... 
>  Harry's return via portkey and refusal to let go of Cedric started 
>  the tears.. . and the scene with Molly Weasley afterwards had me 
>  bawling like a baby! Having read it again since, the effect has 
>  stayed with me. I just don't know why hearing it read was so 
>  much more affecting.

I was also much more affected by hearing it read.  Suddenly it hit me just 
how quickly Voldemort could kill, and he could take Harry or Hermione or Ron. 
 If Voldemort decided to stop being the drama queen that he is and go on the 
attack could any of these children even react in time to save themselves?

Luce