Potter's choice of a secret keeper

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 43490

I was rereading the Three Broomsticks scene in PoA, and noticed something I hadn't thought about before.  McGonagall says that Dumbledore himself offered to be the Potter's secret keeper.  Why not accept such an offer?  He was the only one Voldemort feared, it seems logical.  Why choose someone like Peter Pettigrew instead?  Surely if Voldemort had gone after him (even if he hadn't already been feeding him information) he would have been easier to pry the information out of.  Compared to Dumbledore certainly.  I also think poor Lupin got a bad rap in the whole thing.  His supposed best friends suspected him on what basis?  Being a werewolf?  How prejudiced.  Anyway, my main concerns here are *why* James and Lily didn't agree to let Dumbledore be their secret keeper.  Anyone have an answer for me?  Or two or three? :)

Richelle

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Richelle R. Votaw
1st grade teacher
Kentwood Elementary
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