[HPforGrownups] Philosopher's Stone set-up?

[Susanne Schmid]

No: HPFGUIDX 29219


 
  shanerichmond at hotmail.com wrote: 
<I've seen this alluded to on the list but can't find a full 
<discussion, so I wondered what people's thoughts are on the <notion 
<that the Philosopher's Stone puzzle might be a set-up to test <Harry? 
<Perhaps Dumbledore wants to test Harry's power?

<snip the chain of evidence>

But that would make one hell of an experiment to put an eleven year-old through, wouldn't it? Even if we suppose that the one thing AD *didn't* know was that Voldemort wanted the stone. But to test Harry's powers? Dunno. Maybe, but only maybe, to test his character- whether Harry wanted to find or to possess the stone. OTOH, the kind of obstacle-course set up to protect the stone is a bit dangerous. What if Harry had gone down alone? He wouldn't even have passed the Devil's Snare. To say nothing of the potions- if he had attempted to solve the logical puzzle and failed, he might have incidentally ingested the poison.

You know, regarding the whole thing as a set-up makes Harry a lab rat and AD a vivisectionist. And frankly, I don't like the idea.

Susanna/pigwidgeon37
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