OOP: the prophecy

[Brooke]

No: HPFGUIDX 62313

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "athenal15" <tonks101 at h...> 
wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm new here and I would like to start by saying that i loved OOP, 
> but why did Sirius have to die - he was getting really interesting?
> 
> I just wanted to say that i feel that the prophecy does not explain 
> everything adequately. Such as why could Voldemort not kill Harry 
> when he was a baby? That doesn't seem to have anything to do with 
> Lily dying for Harry or the prophecy, so is it still a mystery or 
did 
> i just not pick it up on the first reading?
> 
> If anyone has any thoughts on this I'd be delighted to hear them.
> 
> Tonks101.


Hi Tonks101 (great screen name BTW)  I think I remember that 
Dumbeldore told Harry (at end of OOP) that the curse backfired 
because of Lily's sacrifice.  But then I thought again about when 
Voldemort was able to touch Harry's cheek in the graveyard.  I think 
the protection was no longer there because Harry's blood now resides 
within Voldemort.  I wonder then, why did Dumbeldore's eyes twinkle 
when Harry told him that Voldemort used his blood for the rebirth?  I 
would think this would have alarmed Dumbledore, now that V can touch 
Harry without dying like Quirrel did.  But then another thought 
occured to me.  The prophecy said that the Dark Lord would mark his 
enemy as his equal.  Perhaps V's first attempt at Harry (now matter 
how old Harry was) was destined to backfire in order for V to make 
his enemy his equal, thus fulfulling the prophecy.  So, in essence, V 
CHOSE Harry as his equal enemy (rather than Neville...which is a 
whole other mystery to me still!)  Am I making any sense?  Or just 
babbling from being totally overwhelmed by this book??  Can't wait to 
read it again and hopefully understand it better :o)

Brooke