A Boggart's Power

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No: HPFGUIDX 31250

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "angeleevee22" <eevee_angel at h...> wrote:
> I'm sorry if this has been brought up before, but I was thinking 
about 
> this last night, and it's rather bugging me, so here goes -
> 
> What is the extent of a Boggart's power?  Harry trained against one 
> when he was learning to ward off the Dementers.   When he saw one 
it 
> changed into a Dementer, and he could, like with the real ones, 
hear 
> his parents being murdered.  This suggests that the Boggart can 
> manipulate the power of the thing one fears most, as well as 
> appearance.  However, if that were the case, why wouldn't the full 
> moon that Lupin saw have the same power as the real one?  Why 
> didn't the sight of it trigger his transformation?  Does this make 
> sense?  Please help me out;
> 
> -Tabby


Harry hearing the voices is only in his head, wheras the
werewolf transformation would be literal. The Boggarts main influence
is over the mind, I guess. I think that's the best way to explain it.
  
Carl.