[HPforGrownups] Potters' choice of a secret keeper

[seusilva]

No: HPFGUIDX 43497

RICHELLE wrote:
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 Potters' 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?

SILVA
Further question: Why James didn't choose Lily, and vice-versa?


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