Albania

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88038

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
<catlady at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Caius Marcius"
> <coriolan_cmc at h...> wrote:
> > 
> > Rowling may have selected Albania due to a unique circumstance of
> > its oppression, under the rule of Evner Hoxha (one of the 20th 
> > Century's many real-life Voldemorts). Beginning in 1967, and 
> > contunuing through the collapse of the Communist regime in 1991, 
> > Albania's constitution banned the practice of religion in any way 
> > shape or form. 
> 
> My idea is that Rowling chose Albania for another aspect of Hoxha's
> insane dictatorship: he made Albania a closed country, with only the
> most limited communication allowed to the outside world, so it was
> kind of a 'mystery country'.


But Quirrell, Bertha Jorkins, and Peter Pettigrew have no difficulty
arriving there and Quirrell and Pettigrew have no difficulty leaving.
(Neither would Bertha if she hadn't been murdered.)  In fact, Quirrell
somehow smuggles Voldemort out of the country (LV is not yet inside
Quirrell's head). I don't think Muggle events have anything to do with
the choice of Albania. It's more likely the vampire connection and/or
dark magic, which is certainly what lured Quirrell there in the first
place.

Carol

Carol