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

[eldee_2600]

No: HPFGUIDX 64077

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, rayheuer3 at a... wrote:
> siewleewong at t... 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.
 

Don't forget also that Umbridge sent the Dementors in the first 
place, so she would have been expecting magic and would have known 
what spell. Interestingly the Ministry didn't pick up on the Lumos 
spell that Harry cast before the Patronus - a sign that either 
Umbridge was specifically waiting for a Patronus from Harry, or that 
insignificant spells like Lumos are overlooked. That doesn't really 
tally up with CoS though, where Harry is threatened with expulsion 
for a mere hover charm.

-ElDee