Coherence II

[pants_meister]

No: HPFGUIDX 39079

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:

> You could argue that wandless wizard children can do magic that 
> Hogwarts manages to suppress or take away (Parallels to RL 
education 
> to OT!).  (If true that weakens the PS Parseltongue clue as a clue 
> for CS, of course.)  The ultimate example of this is then of course 
> baby Harry's defeat of Voldemort.  Now what themes and messages 
does 
> *that* bring out?

This is an interesting idea. There's a theory that before they learn 
to talk, babies have a high intelligence and knowledge about life 
that they lose as soon as they can talk. Maybe this theory could work 
with magical children. When they are babies their power is at its 
greatest, hence Harry could defeat Voldemort (and Neville could 
bounce when dropped), but this power is weakened as they grow older. 
They then have to relearn what they are capable of when they get to 
school, and are considered to be at an age where they would 
understand their abilities and use their power more responsibly. 

"pants_meister"