Dementors and Harry,; Ginny

[lisa palmer]

No: HPFGUIDX 27022


 
dfrankiswork at n... wrote:
> In POA, are the Dementors targeting Harry right from the first 
encounter on the train?
> 
> <snip>

 cynthiaanncoe@ wrote: > I also find Lupin's explanations of why the dementors seem to be 
giving Harry a hard time to be a little unconvincing.  Add in 
Dumbledore's statement to Fudge that the dementors can't be trusted 
to guard Voldemort's most dangerous supporters, and Dumbledore's 
general dislike of Dementors, and I think they have it in for Harry.

  

I don’t remember it reading this way at all.  Harry was NOT specifically targeted at the match or on the train, he was just more sensitive to the effects of the Dementors.  Harry’s question was why they had such an extreme effect on him compared to the others, nobody else passed out etc, and he was embarresed because he felt weaker and like a wimp.  He did not ask why the went after him..because they didn’t. They “inhaled” the joy from everybody.  This is why Lupins explanation makes perfect sense. Harry had a more painful childhood, less joy. 

 In the scene by the lake, I thought they were simply taking out Harry because he was the one trying to fight them, therefore he was an accomplice of the escaped prisoner.  I agree it is strange that only one had lowered his hood. Perhaps more would have to kill Hermione and Sirius had not the second Harry come to the rescue? 

 Question: JKR drew attention to Ginny’s reaction from the dementors too. Harry had asked if anybody else passed out or something, and Ron gave a reply that was negative, but mentioned that Ginny was also strongly affected too.  So a question is.…was Ginny so white-faced because she was scared for Harry..or is she also strongly affected by the dementors? Do you think that maybe the dementors brought back memories for her (similar to Harry’s reaction) from CoS when she was controlled by Tom Riddle?

 Another Ginny question: Since I am on Ginny, I have another question. In CoS Ginny sends Harry a singing telegram on Valentine’s day.  In it she uses the term “the Dark Lord”.  It seems to me that the only people who refer to Voldemort as Dark Lord are the bad guys, everyone else uses You-Know-Who. This should have been a big hint that Ginny was involved in the bad goings-on when I was reading the book the first time, but I was laughing too hard to notice. Now however, I wonder if this is merely a hint that she was opening the chamber of secrets, or is it a hint of more things to come? What is everyone’s opinion?   

  




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