Harry heard of Tom Riddle

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No: HPFGUIDX 80393

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, James Sharman <jamess at c...> 
wrote:
> >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.
> 
Laura:

I wondered if the name "Tom Riddle" resonated in Harry's 
subconscious, reminding him of "Lord Voldemort".  You know how if you 
do anagrams, sometimes you can almost "see" the unscrambled word but 
you can't quite grasp it?  Or is this just me?