[HPforGrownups] Re: What will come in book 5ish

[Susanne]

No: HPFGUIDX 50397



Hi,

Thursday, January 23, 2003, 11:13:48 AM, Scott wrote:

> Why did it take him so long to learn the patronus charm?  First, ask
> yourself, how many other 13 year old wizards have learned the patronus
> charm?  We never see anyone else in the series learn the patronus
> charm, so
> there's really no reference to go by.  All we know is that it's a
> *very*
> difficult spell, that quite a few fully trained wizards can't cast. 

While I agree that Harry is probably an outstanding wizard,
he also has a much stronger motivation to make him take on
certain tasks.

If another wizard kid were threatened with death, they might
put quite a bit more effort into learning, for example, the
Patronus charm.

The others aren't really given a chance to learn this spell,
and of course, Harry is the main character, so it wouldn't
do for him to fail at too many things <g>.

We also don't know how much of Harry's talent stems from his
encounter with Voldemort, when Harry received his scar.

What I want to know is, why Voldemort is afraid of
Dumbledore.
Did the two have a face to face meeting and Dumbledore
defeated V?
Or does is have to do with Dumbledore doing away with
Grindelwald?

Is anything more in depth mentioned in canon?

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 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net