[HPforGrownups] Re: Lily's Sacrifice; Owls

[Vicky Ra]

No: HPFGUIDX 19561

  Kelley: 
  When thinking of Lily's sacrifice, I remember this bit from CoS, ch 
  17:  "No one knows why you lost your powers when you attacked me," 
  said Harry abruptly.  "I don't know myself.  But I know why you 
  couldn't -kill- me.  Because my mother died to save me.  My common 
  ~Muggle-born~ mother," he added, shaking with suppressed rage.  "She 
  stopped you killing me."

  He learned this from Dumbledore, correct?  So, Lily's sacrifice is 
  what saved Harry's life, and we don't know what exactly caused Voldy 
  to lose his powers.  I've been figuring it's that "something about 
  Harry" we have yet to learn about...

  Ah. I see your point. Perhaps having Harry's blood now allows Voldy to touch Harry without being burned, like Quirrell was, which makes Harry a little easier to manipulate.

  On a totally unrelated topic, I wonder how owls know where to deliver letters. I don't recall people specifically telling them who to give letters to. Also, I've noticed animals can understand human speech in the Potter world. Buckbeak understood Malfoy when he called him a brute, and Hedwig is very expressive of her rage toward Harry when she comes back from her long journey delivering Sirius's letter, only to find him ungrateful. Any thoughts?

  Vicky


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