Harry heard of Tom Riddle

[jwcpgh]

No: HPFGUIDX 80427

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > 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?
> 
> I can't see how Harry could be aware of the anagram at this 
> stage.  "T.M. Riddle" is all he's got to work with, which is quite 
> some distance from "Tom Marvolo Riddle" = "I Am Lord Voldemort".  
It 
> doesn't even have a "V" in it.  I just think it's strange that he 
> would have this feeling of familiarity from the name "T.M. Riddle", 
> when he had no sense of recognition at all the first time he heard 
> the name "Voldemort".  I doubt that by this point, Voldemort 
himself 
> even thinks of himself using his old name, he seems to have 
> discarded that persona completely.
> 
> Wanda

Laura:

You're probably right-I didn't have my CoS in front of me when I 
posted.  (tsk, tsk!)

I'm sure you noticed, though, that in the MoM scene in OoP DD calls 
LV by the name "Tom".  It was very striking.  DD is playing a mind 
game with LV here, because clearly it's not Tom Riddle people fear, 
it's this self-constructed persona Lord Voldemort.  DD is saying he's 
opting out of the game.  It must have enraged LV-or perhaps we should 
follow DD's lead and call him Tom?