Harry's scar and Voldemort (Was: A strange silver instrument)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86775

--> <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> ><snip> 
>
> > SB: Why in the first book does Harry's lightening scar flash, or
> > when he gets his lightening scar flash, when Snap looks at him?
> > 
> > JKR: Snape.
> > 
> > SB: Snape.
> > 
> > JKR:. . . <snip>Quirrell had the back of his head
> > to Harry at the point when Harry looked at Snape, so someone else
> > was looking at Harry through a certain turban. See what I mean? If
> > you've read it, you understand, and if you haven't read it, you're
> > going what? But that's okay. 
> > 
> > (Carol again):
> > In other words, the scar hurt because Voldemort was looking at Harry
> > through Quirrell's turban.
> > 
> > Carol
> 
> Which is basically what I said; after reading PS/SS we are meant to 
> think it is Voldemort underneath Quirrell's turban that causes 
> Harry's scar to hurt. Of course JKR saying that this is *in fact* 
> what happened does change things.

Carol:
I think you've missed the point of my quotation. The child thought
that "Snap" caused the pain and JKR corrected him/her. We know now,
after the fact, that Snape didn't cause the scar to hurt, but we're
meant to *think*, as the child reader did, that he's the cause. Snape
is the red herring villain throughout the first book. We're not meant
to think that Voldemort is in Quirrell's head. How could we possibly
imagine such a thing only a few chapters into the book, when all we
know is that Voldemort killed Harry's parents and we've barely met
Snape and Quirrell? If we were, by some rare understanding of how
JKR's mind works, to figure out the ending, the entire book would be
spoiled. Why would JKR want that? Or do you mean that on a second
reading, after we've learned all about Quirrellmort, we're meant to
know that Voldemort is looking at Harry at that point? If so, I don't
see why you're bringing it up, because by that time we know the real
cause of the pain.

Your quotations from GoF seem to relate to a different argument. They
appear at a point in the story long after we know that Voldemort, not
Snape, caused the pain.

Maybe I'm missing your point as you seem to have missed mine. If so,
please accept my apologies.

Carol