Death Eaters Numbers

[kewiromeo at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 49355

I have mentioned before that there were only a handful or so of death eaters. 
Now can someone explain to me what exactly Voldermord was doing, and if so, 
how did he expect to get anything accomplished with that small group of 
people. We know that there are wizards all around the world. if there are 
1,000 or so people at Hogwarts (7 years of people and wizards live about 100 
years making there at least 15,000 or so from Hogwarts alone. I don't 
understand how the power over numbers can triumph. Dumbledore alone seems to 
be a match for Voldermort, even Harry is a match. Put Dumbledore and Harry 
and they can outmatch at least 3 of the 15 death eaters.

I understand that he has an army of dementors and possibly giants, but it 
doesn't do it for me. Magic is a little more powerful than that. Perhaps, 
Fudge is the reason all this can happen. He is stepping aside and letting 
Voldermort come back and do what he likes till things are so bad you can't 
help but recognize the discord.

Maybe Voldermort was only a terror in England. It doesn't seem to be that he 
was too important in other countries. When Bagman introduces Harry to the 
Bulgarian Minister he says that he was the boy who defeated you-know-who, but 
he was mildly interested. All the Death Eaters seemed to have come from 
Slytherin, and if that isn't completely so, at least they are all from 
Hogwarts.

I just don't see how all the things add up. Unless there are more involved, 
and the death eaters were merely his inner circle, but there were much more 
on his side, things don't make sense. 

Tzvi of Brooklyn
"My cat's breath smells like cat food"
--Ralph Wigum, Simpsons


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