[HPforGrownups] Harry heard of Tom Riddle

[James Sharman]

No: HPFGUIDX 80388

>Allie writes: 
>I have a question.  Any possible idea what this could mean? 
>"Harry couldn't explain, even to himself, why he didn't just throw 
>Riddle's diary away...And while Harry was sure he had never heard the 
>name T.M. Riddle before, it still seemed to mean something to him, 
>almost as though Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was very small, 
>and had half-forgotten. But this was absurd. He'd never had friends 
>before Hogwarts, Dudley had made sure of that."  CoS 234 

Deirdre then wrote:
When I read this, I automatically connected it to Dumbledore's explanation
to Harry about how powers have been transferred between Harry and Voldemort.
Harry's "remembering" Tom Riddle because Voldemort knows who Tom Riddle is.
Since Voldemort is still very weak (in book two), Harry only has a weak
inkling of Tom Riddle. 

James:
I interprited this as part of a spell that Tom had cast over the book in
order to make it more aluring to whoever had picked it up. Harry's feelings
about the book are proberbly the same as anyone elses would have been.
Ginny's having similer feelings would explain why she hadn't thrown the book
away (or at least shown it to her parents) as logic would otherwise suggest.

J,