Riddle AND Voldemort in the Chamber (was RE: [HPforGrownups] Half Blood Prince Theory)

[David Gabbard]

No: HPFGUIDX 107612


      Brenda wrote:

      "There is a passage in COS where Dobby tells Harry he was giving him a
clue about Tom Riddle, not Voldemort, because he had not changed his name
yet at that point. This clearly defines that in JKR's world Tom and
Voldemort are not considered one and the same. COS was about Harry and Tom
Riddle. I think HBP will be about Harry learning more about why Tom Riddle
became Voldemort."

Now David Comments and then Asks:

I've heard the "Dobby thinks they're different so JKR must think they're different" statement as evidence to the theory that JKR considers T. Riddle and Lord Voldemort to be separate - and I can understand why. 

What I don't understand is: 

Chamber of Secrets, American Edition, P318 - After Riddle has called forth the Basilisk:

"Then he heard *Riddle's* hissing voice:

Kill him.

The basilisk was moving toward Harry; he could hear its heavy body slithering heavily across the dusty floor. Eyes still tightly shut, Harry began to run blindly sideways, his hands outstretched, feeling his way -- *Voldemort* was laughing--" (Emphases mine)

If Riddle and Voldemort are not one and the same, then when did Voldemort appear for Harry to be able to hear his laughter? or Why does JKR call the spirit from the diary by both names?


		
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