Voldemort CHOSE to attack Harry

Gaylene Bartlett gaylenekb at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 2 09:20:55 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 108487

"meidbh" wrote:
> > Why did Voldemort pick Harry and not Neville?
> >  
> > JK Rowling replies -> Dumbledore explains this in 'Order of the 
> > Phoenix'. Voldemort identified more with the half-blood boy and 
> > therefore decided he must be the greater risk.
>  
>  
> Aggie: (With evil grin - playing devil's advocate!)
> That doesn't prove anything one way or the other!  That's not JKR 
> saying that Harry's 'The One' - just reiterating *Dumbledore's* 
> belief! Knowing how 'cunning' she can be, this could still be a trick 
> answer!


As I read it, DD believes that Harry must be "the one" because LV "marked" him as an equal -- isn't possible that Neville simply hasn't been marked YET?  I do believe that there is more to Neville than meets the eye.

Gaylene





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