[HPforGrownups] Oct. 31 (was Harry's abilities...)

[Donna Rae]

No: HPFGUIDX 10807

Harry's never even asked anyone where his parents are buried.

Donna Rae


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From: "Amy Z" <aiz24 at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:17 AM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Oct. 31 (was Harry's abilities...)


> Dai wrote:
>
> > However... big problem... Killing her family in front of her was
> > probably not the way to go about recruiting her.
>
> Yeah, I think it's safe to say that if V had been trying to co-opt
> either or both of the Potters, he'd given up by that night.
>
> I have another question.  Harry's parents were killed on Oct. 31.
> Does anyone else think that it's significant that that's the day
> Sirius first tries to get into Gryffindor Tower to kill Pettigrew?
> (It's also the day Lupin asks Harry in for tea.)  Of course, there are
> good strategic reasons; he wants to break in on an evening when he
> knows students won't be there--Hermione and Ron even talk about this
> being a stroke of luck/carelessness on SB's part, but we know better.
>  But on my latest, i.e. 6th or so, reading of PA, I had the MWPP
> background in mind and wondered whether Sirius and/or Remus is
> thinking of James and Lily that day.  It seems unlikely to me that
> Oct. 31 could go by without them doing so; of course, I remember all
> sorts of dates, like the birthday of the boy who used to live next
> door to me whom I haven't seen since we were 8, so maybe I'm weird.
>
> For his part, Harry doesn't note Oct. 31, that or any year, as having
> any other significance than Halloween.  It's possible he doesn't know
> the date they died?  Or is this just an emotional piece JKR chooses
> not to delve into?
>
> Amy Z
>
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> If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt
> a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him.
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