Dementors and Harry

[dfrankiswork at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 27006

I have been encouraged offlist to post this (don't you hate it when people say that?)...

In POA, are the Dementors targeting Harry right from the first encounter on the train?

-On the train, Harry feels that it is particularly aware of him.

-At the Quidditch match, they are all looking up at him - note Harry is aware of this although their faces are invisible.

-By the lake, it's him they try to kiss.  In the time turner version of this incident, Harry sees only one Dementor bend over - so it really is only him.

Some explanation is suggested in the text: the excitement of the Quidditch match attracts them (Lupin), and at that time, that excitement is centred on Harry.  But that's just Lupin's explanation - he could be wrong, or partly wrong.

Suppose it's true.  Then I think there are three explanations possible.

1) Harry is an especially juicy morsel, perhaps because they sense Lily's love on him.
2) They (possibly secretly) supported Voldemort in the past and they are still angry because of Harry's role in his downfall.
3) They are in contact with Voldemort already, and are attacking Harry as part of his plot - if so, it's lucky for Voldemort that they failed as it would have made rebirthing less special (he would have had to use just any old enemy).

We know so little about how the Dementors actually communicate, or their relationship with the MOM, making it difficult to know what they are *supposed* to be doing, from MOM point of view.

David


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