Chamber of Secrets/Diary

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 27663

Dixie Malfoy wrote:

>I haven't read CoS in a while so if I'm off in my details, please correct 
>me.
>Anyways, when Harry gets in the Chamber and Tom starts talking to him, he
>says something like Ginny told him all about Harry, right? Well, Ginny 
>can't
>possibly know why Voldemort is after Harry, so even though I'm sure Tom 
>would
>be curious as to know why his future self is after Harry, why would he 
>still
>try to kill Harry? (Did that make sense?)

I'm not sure I understand why Ginny would have to know why Voldemort was 
after Harry.  Isn't it enough that she knows he was?  TR does not strike me 
as a person who needs a very solid reason before he tries to kill someone.

I don't think the issue is so much that he knows his future self is after 
Harry, but that he knows Harry is powerful enough to possibly defeat his 
future self.  Tom's plan is to be the most powerful wizard in the world, and 
he learns from Ginny that he almost attained that goal but was stripped of 
his power, and almost his life, by a mere toddler.  His hope must be that 
1993-Voldemort will regain his strength--he knows from Ginny that V. almost 
did make his comeback in 1992--so he needs to do what he can to get rid of 
anyone who can stand in the way.  Dumbledore is one, but he's foolish and 
arrogant enough to think he's already scared him away (of course, he might 
not know what Ginny knows, and what Harry tells him, which is that even at 
the height of V's powers he wasn't ready to take on AD).  Harry is clearly 
another.  There is nothing Tom can do to prevent the 1981 disaster (that 
must be very frustrating, to see your future self headed for a fall and 
nothing you can do about it), but he can at least kill Harry in 1993 so that 
there will be no more showdowns.

Amy Z

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