[HPforGrownups] Neville's memory (or lack of)

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 107535

In a message dated 7/24/2004 12:03:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
hunibuni22 at webtv.net writes:
Has any of you noticed how often Neville forgets things?  Its possible that 
he's just that way.. magic not coming easily to him and all... got a lot on his 
mind. I was wondering if any of you thought it possible he had his memory 
modified at one time?  It thinks its possible but I can't come up with any good 
reason WHY.
What do you think?
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Sherrie here:

Oh, I can think of several"good" reasons - IF you take it as given that 
Little Neville witnessed the torture of his parents.  Though I somehow doubt the 
DEs would have left him alive had they known he was there, there are other 
candidates:

A)    It may have been done under orders of the Ministry - for benign ("The 
poor tyke - he shouldn't have to live with that memory!") or not-so-benign 
("Can't take a chance he might someday say something inconvenient," said Fudge or 
Umbridge).

B)    It might have been done by/at the request of Gran Longbottom, probably 
for the benign purose cited above, but...

Just a couple of thoughts - about all I've got this time in the morning! <G>

Sherrie
"Unless history lives in our present, it has no future." 
PRESERVE OUR CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS!


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