Harry & dementors

[meltowne]

No: HPFGUIDX 104439

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mhbobbin" <mhbobbin at y...> 
wrote:
> Dementors:  Targeting Harry specifically as early as PoA? Certainly 
in
> the books, it's an open question whether or not the Dementors want 
to
> get Harry too. In the film, they seem to really want to get him. 
It's
> not till Book 5 that we see the Dementors again, sent on purpose. Is
> it possible that the Dementors were playing a double role earlier? 
On
> their own or under instruction?
> 
> Any other ideas on foreshadowing that might have inadvertently been
> revealed in film that JKR is referring to?

We know the dementors can't see - that's how Sirius was able to 
escape, and also Barty Crouch Jr.  Bary was in a similar emotional 
state as his mother, and they couldn't tell the difference - he 
mentions that his mother took the polyjuice potion to keep other 
prisoners from knowing it was her.

The dementors were at Hogwarts because they were "looking for" 
Sirius.  But how would they recognize him?  Were they really there to 
look for him, or to be on hand in case Fudge needed them to suck 
Sirius' soul?  If they could recognize him, was there something about 
Harry that reminded them of Sirius - enough to confuse them into 
thinking Harry was him?  

I suspect the scene that JKR wanted kept in PoA might have been Fudge 
personally telling Harry Aunt Marge was dealt with, and instructing 
him to stay put at the leaky Cualdron.  He could have been told about 
Aunt Marge any number of ways.  I think Fudge's direct involvement is 
important.