...HRH friendship - SS/PS the obstacle course was meant for HRH

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 105615

Cathy wrote: 

I want to know why there were three broomsticks in the winged key 
room.  Three.  Seems a bit >> odd, doesn't it?  As though DD KNEW HRH 
would be the ones to go after it.  Nearly anyone >> >> else would 
would be trying to get the stone would be acting alone, why would 
they need three >> broomsticks.


vmonte responds:

You are right Cathy, I think there is something fishy about the 
entire obstacle course in SS/PS. I've said this before but I believe 
that the whole course specifically geared for HRH. My comments below 
are from a previous post.

Page 302, SS:

"D'you think he meant you to do it?" said Ron. "Sending you your
father's cloak and everything?"
"Well," Hermione exploded, "if he did—I mean to say—that's terrible—
you could have been killed."

"No, it isn't," said Harry thoughtfully. "He's a funny man,
Dumbledore. I think he sort of wanted to give me a chance. I think
he knows more or less everything that goes on here, you know. I
reckon he had a pretty good idea we were going to try, and instead of
stopping us, he just taught us enough to help. I don't think it was
an accident he let me find out how the mirror worked. It's almost
like he thought I had the right to face Voldemort if I could
"

vmonte:

Interesting isn't it. This is exactly what Dumbledore has been doing
throughout all the books. I think that the obstacles that were set up 
were specifically geared for Harry, Hermione, and Ron to go through.

Minerva's chess game -- Why did MM put this as an obstacle? Her 
specialty is transfigurations!?  This was definitely geared for Ron 
who excels in chess.

Madam Hooch's flying-key room -- This is obviously geared for Harry 
who is great at flying.

DD's Mirror-of-Erised -- Harry even states that DD got him
acquainted with it so that he would know how it works.

Professor Sprout's Devil's Snare – Hermione figures this out.

Page 285, Snape's obstacle

"Hermione let out a great sigh and Harry, amazed, saw that she was
smiling, the very last thing he felt like doing."

"Brilliant," said Hermione. "This isn't magic—it's logic—a puzzle.
A lot of the greatest wizards haven't got an ounce of logic, they'd
be stuck in here forever."

vmonte:

It is unusual that Snape's obstacle has to do with logic, not
potions. I think that out of all of these obstacles, Snape's really 
seems geared for Voldemort. Perhaps he believed that Voldemort would 
know every kind of potion there was--so he comes up with a puzzle. 
And since Hermione is a super brain, she figures it out anyway.
(Or, maybe he did mean it for Hermione to solve.)

So finally, what I'm trying to say is that Dumbledore intended for
the children to go through the obstacle course. He also intended for
Harry to confront Voldemort at its end. He prepares Harry for this
confrontation. 

DD created this obstacle course for the children. Is he training
them for an as yet mentioned future role? 

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vivian