What drives You Know Who?

[hienuf2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 111555

Dungrollin,

> Hello everyone, I'm new.
> I was re-reading CoS the other day, and started making a list in my 
> head on what drives You Know Who.  Then it occurred to me that it's 
> probably been discussed on the web, but though I have trawled and 
> trawled I haven't found much.

I have to agree wholeheartedly!  I'm new to this forum, too, and just 
started reading HP in the last 3 months.  I've re-read all 5 books, 
and this topic seems VERY nebulous, and very little on-line 
discussion that I've been able to find.

> I only have three things on my list...
> 1.Purity of blood...
> 2.Killing Harry...
> 3.Immortality...

I'm not sure I agree 100% with you three motivations listed above.  I 
think the Purity of Blood issue was just a means to an end - LV just 
used them to draw other followers.  I think that killing Harry 
was "new" after Trelawney made her prophecy.  He must be eliminated 
in LV's quest for POWER.  I totally agree with the person who 
responded to you that LV wanted POWER.  Immortality is a way to 
guarantee power, for eternity.  However, WHY does LV want power?  It 
seems to me that he could have become MoM if he wanted to - after 
all, Cornelius Fudge did!  Obviously, his "movement" crossed 
geographic borders, since Karkaroff was a Death Eater.  Does LV want 
to be a world-wide dictator with all Muggles as slaves?  I've seen 
some comparisons to Hitler, and even he had a "goal" - an empire as 
big as...  What did LV want to be as "big as"?  LV had been working 
toward his "goal" for 9 or 10 years, and the "goal" was never stated 
that I can tell.

I'd like to hear if anyone read any of the passages differently than 
I did.  Is there a goal that I'm missing?

R.