[HPforGrownups] Re: Are the gum wrappers a puzzle?

[Derek Hiemforth]

No: HPFGUIDX 87296

Carol wrote:
>I don't see any hope for the Longbottoms'
>full recovery, but it would be very touching if Neville's mother could
>recognize her son and speak his name.

Derek:
A thought just hit me...

She *does* recognize him, at least on some level!  Dumbledore told Harry
that Neville's parents didn't recognize him, but if you think about it,
they (or at least Alice) must.  After all, she's not giving gum wrappers
to everyone else, is she?  I guess we don't know for sure, but what we see
in the ward certainly gives the impression that she only gives them to
Neville, and that she's done so for a long time.  So in some way, she's
differentiating Neville from other people, and remembering from visit to
visit that she needs to give him gum wrappers.

- Derek