you CAN'T hurt a BABY!!!

[Kim]

No: HPFGUIDX 109801

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theredshoes86" 
<ballerinalaura at m...> wrote:

> She says, "you can't hurt a baby" and then something like 'there 
was no time to argue the suggestion' follows.  
> 
> Has this particular part stuck out to anyone else???  

Hello!

This stuck out to me as well, but mostly as a mark of Hermione's 
character.  I read that line as significant because, caught in the 
throes of time, if you will, the death eater did not just take on 
the appearance of a baby, he reverted to the same state of innocence 
as a child.  He clearly had a baby's brain and was unable to 
comprehend who he was or what he was doing, and did not possess the 
capability for evil.  Despite the fact that this was indeed a death 
eater, Hermione recognized that one does not kill the innocent, a 
code of honor that Voldemort obviously does not share.  

I think the passage does set up a nice parallel between Voldemort 
vs. baby Harry and Harry vs. baby Death Eater, and it will be 
interesting to see if her choice impacts them later!

Kim :)