[HPforGrownups] Another Dementor question

[Melanie L Ellis]

No: HPFGUIDX 59156

On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 01:32:04 -0000 "maidne" <maidne at yahoo.com> writes:
> Did anyone else get the impression that the dementors were somehow 
> targeting Harry?  The first one he sees, on the train, tries to 
> enter  the compartment that Harry is in.  Then on the quidditch field
they 
> are all standing in the middle of the field looking up at Harry.  
> Why  would they not be roaming around among the screaming, excited
fans, 
> soaking up all that emotion?  And then finally, at the lake, Harry, 
> Hermione, and Sirius are all there and incapacitated, but Harry is 
> the one the dementor reaches for and almost kisses.  Am I reading 
> too  much into this?

I think the one on the train just lucked up in finding Harry and all his
"delicious" emotional pain. On the Quidditch pitch, I think they knew
that Harry had lots of dark emotional pain that they could feed off of
and they went straight for him. Harry's pain would be a lot more
satisfying to these dark creatures than all the excitement of hundreds of
students, because the students' emotions would be in positive mode. 

Now, as for the lake scene, I'm not too sure. Maybe since Sirius did
manage to stay sane, even though he is emotionally scarred from 12 years
in Azkaban, Harry is still a more appealing target. Or maybe they thought
they needed to get him out of the way before "kissing" Sirius, although I
see no indication that they are that intelligent.


Melanie Ellis
Alabama Homeschool Message Board
http://pub77.ezboard.com/balabamahomeschoolmessageboard

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