[HPforGrownups] [OoP] Harry's Cruciatus (Was: Jenny's Big Questions - Sp...

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

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siewleewong at time.net.my writes:

> I can't help wondering why Harry didn't reflect on his use of Cruciatus.
> Also, nobody asked him why he used an Unforgivable on a fellow human being.
> Wouldn't the MoM know about Harry's 'misconduct'? He cast a Patronus in
> front of Dudley and an owl was sent. He used Cruciatus in the MoM and no-one
> noticed it? Doesn't make sense to me.

  I suspect that the MoM has some gizmo similar to a sneakoscope that they 
plant in the gardens of muggle homes that host a Hogwarts student.  Remember 
that in CoS, Harry was blamed for magic that was actually performed by Dobby, 
which indicates that the Ministry knew that magic was done, NOT who did it.
   Similarly, even if they knew that underage wizards were using magic in the 
fight against the Death Eaters, they would have had no way of knowing just 
*who* did *what* spell.  Even if they knew someone used the Cruciatus curse, 
they probably would have assumed that one of the DEs had used it.

  --  Ray


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