Ginny and the entrancing Veil

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 107328

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rowansjet" <rowansjet at y...> 
> wrote:
> > In the scene where we are introduced to the Veil in the 
Department 
> > of Mysteries(pg. 682, OotP UK edition), there are several points 
> > where the author notes that some people are 'mesmerised' by the 
> > veil, and can hear whispering voices. Hermione and Ron are 
> > unaffected and seem particularly worried about it, while Harry 
and 
> > Luna can both hear voices and are atracted too it.
> > 
> > However, I was most intrigued by this quote (pg 683, OotP uk 
> > edition):
> > 
> > "...Ginny and Neville were staring, apparently entranced, at the 
> > veil too."
> > 
> > What interests me about this quote is that Ginny is affected. 
[snip]

> > A member of a Harry Potter Forum I visited, though I cannot 
> remember 
> > where or who, postulated that it was because of her near death 
> > experience at the hands of Tom Riddle. 


Angie replies:
 
How wierd!  I was just reading that last night and I wondered the 
same thing.  There must be something about Ginny that we don't know 
about.  Maybe we should take a step back from her-near death 
experience and first ask why did Lucius Malfoy choose her to give the 
diary to?  I know Dumbledore suggests it was an attempt to discredit 
her father, as the author of the Anti-Muggle Protection Act (or 
whatever it was called), but how did Mr. Malfoy know it would work 
with Ginny?  Ginny must be receptive to those otherwordly vibes and 
we don't yet know why.