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

[mightymaus75]

No: HPFGUIDX 86790

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> 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

I'm sorry if I caused some confusion. In my original message I was 
trying to suggest that, while we are meant to think that Voldemort 
caused the pain in Harry's scar after reading PS/SS, maybe it was 
Snape after all. A sort of bait and switch: first make us think it's 
Snape, then make us think it was Voldemort, while after all it was 
actually Snape using Legilimency on Harry.

I admit that JKR saying it was in fact Voldemort looking at Harry 
that caused his scar to hurt makes this seem very unlikely. The rest 
of my second message wasn't really directed at you but was just me 
rambling on about what specifically it is that causes Harry's scar to 
hurt. It's just that I believe this question is at the heart of the 
Harry Potter series. Once we figure out what it is that makes his 
scar hurt, we will probably have solved the mystery. Voldemort's 
presence alone doesn't seem to be enough, so I find it very 
interesting that JKR says it was Voldemort *looking* at Harry that 
caused the pain in his scar. Especially when Snape told Harry that 
Legilimency requires the wizard to be near to and looking at the 
intended target.

I hope this clears things up. 

-Maus