[HPforGrownups] Re: Aging

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 57896

erisedstraeh2002 at yahoo.com writes:

> But when Harry falls into the Pensieve at the time of Karkaroff's 
> trial:  "Yet it couldn't be that long ago...the Dumbledore sitting 
> next to him now was silver-haired, just like the present-day 
> Dumbledore." (Ch. 30, GoF).  This trial is apparently soon after 
> Voldemort's fall, which would have been about 13 years prior, or when 
> Dumbledore was around 137 years old.  Which suggests that 
> Dumbledore's silver hair appeared somewhere between 100 and 137.

But the Pensieve contained Dumbledore's own thoughts.  The "memory" of a 
person in such a thought would most likely be the person's self-image.  While 
this generally means someone seeing themselves at their "peak" (younger, 
fitter, whatever), the Headmaster of Hogwarts may see himself as tall, 
silver-haired, and distinguished.  All *other* people in the room would be 
viewed as DD remembered them, which is why Karkaroff appeared much younger.

  --  Ray


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