Basilisk and Pure Blood

[Kelly L. <kethlenda@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49574

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cbca1126 <
ejoq at a...>" <ejoq at a...> wrote:
> I have wondered why the Malfoy's are such ardent supporters 
of LV 
> when the are so anti Muggle and half blood. 
> Ofcourse this could just be a hole in the plot that JKR has not 
> noticed.
> Another question: If the "monster", in the chamber of secrets 
was 
> supposed to rid the school of those that were not of pureblood, 
then 
> why was Tom Riddle himself not attacked by it?
> 
> EJ

Possibilities:

(a) Riddle was a Parselmouth, and was able to "talk" the basilisk 
out of attacking him.   Especially since the alternative, for the 
basilisk, was being confined to the Chamber once again.

(b) The basilisk can't tell the difference between purebloods and 
the less pure.   Left to its own devices, it would attack everybody 
equally.  It attacked "Mudbloods" because Riddle set it on 
Mudbloods, not because of a prejudice of its own.

Kelly L.