[HPforGrownups] Re: Lily Evans Potter relationship to Voldemort

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 58581

 ersatzharry at yahoo.com writes:

> Sorry to have to correct you, but I note that, in the diary, Riddle
> confirms to then-headmaster Dippet that he lived in a Muggle
> orphanage.  At some other point, perhaps more than one, he indicates
> that his father abandoned him.  I suppose it's possible that he lived
> with his father and grandparents at some time, but that seems
> unlikely, especially since he was apparently unknown to the locals
> when he appeared at the Riddle house and AKd everybody.

No problem with being corrected.  Of course I *will* point out that there is 
always the possibility of Riddle lying to Headmaster Dippet  :-)   But I guess 
that knocks out my "just like Harry" theory.

Nevertheless, my basic point was that Tom Riddle grew up in the Muggle world 
until Hogwarts "rescued" him.  Then after having his basic (Wizard) nature 
hidden for 10/11 years, he still had to hide it during vacation.  This plays Hob 
with the psyche and probably turned him into the unfeeling killer he later 
became.

  --  Ray


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