Why the Order didn't destroy the prophecy in OoP(was: Re: My Order of the Phoen

aamonn2000 aamonn2000 at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 15 15:55:31 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 77349

Hickengruendler wrote:
> Maybe this 
> is the reason the Order didn't destroy the prophecy? They wanted 
> Voldemort to waste his time with it.

You're right. Maybe Dumbledore's plan was to ambush Voldemort who, 
himself, was trying to ambush Harry (aka : the ultimate human bait).

Let's summarize it that way:

1 Voldemort's intentions 
 a) to lay hands on the prophecy
 b) to have control on Harry/kill him

2 Dumbledfore's intentions 
 a) to take advantage of VD's attempt against Harry by putting a trap 
in which he fell (very risky as far as we can judge from the result)
 b) to give strong (undeniable) evidence of VD's return (after all, 
Fudge wasn't there witnessing the whole thing by a mere chance : DD 
had set up everything)
 c) to stregthen his personnal authority vis-à-vis the MOM and 
consequently the WW
 d) to back up and corroborate what Harry said about the Death Eaters
 e) to reinforce the latter's position in the WW (he is no longer the 
crazy boy as described in the Daily Prophet but a true hero)
 f) (thanks to e)) to ensure the unity of the four Houses of Hogwarts 
behind Harry thus complying with the sorting hat's request.
 
After all, the book's last chapter is entitled "The Second War 
Begins". It was perhaps DD's will to have his "army" drawn up in 
battle array before the war really begins - something that was 
cruelly lacking during the first war against VD as stated by many of 
its actual members, i.e. Molly (DD needed time to achieve that and 
get the MOM to back him ; VD gave him time enough AND the MOM's 
support but at a great cost : Sirius' life and Harry's wrath 
throughout the book and perhaps beyond).

(Of course, DD could have destroyed the prophecy while trying to gull 
VD, but it would have been even more risky.  Had there been a traitor 
amongst the members of the Order, his attempt would have been doomed 
to failure.)

P.S. : 

Hickengruendler wrote :
> I hardly doubt a book in this series will be able to displace COS 
> from my least favourites list. COS was IMO a pretty boring book, 
plus 
> it had to much Gilderoy Lockhardt and Colin Creevey.

Am I the only person outa here who loved CoS ?! I found G. Lockheart 
very VERY funny (much more than in the movie, beyond compare dare I 
say ;-) ) 

AAm. -!(^_^)!-






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