Voldemort and Death

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 103033

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Phil Vlasak <pcsgames at t...> 
wrote:
> >Now Phil quickly looks up in GOF, CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
>            THE DEATH EATERS
> LV says...
> But I was willing to
> embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality. I set my
> sights lower ... I would settle for my old body back again, and
> my old strength.
> 
This raises the question of just how far one should believe 
Voldemort.  I tend to be skeptical of his explanations - not because 
he's a villain, and known to be tricky and a liar, but because he 
doesn't really know as much as he thinks he does.  He doesn't really 
know what happened at GH - in CoS, Tom Riddle is asking Harry for an 
explanation for how he was able to defeat the greatest dark wizard 
in the world.  When Harry gives him the "Lily's sacrifice" 
explanation, TR accepts it (rather facilely, I think), and basically 
says he should have seen that one coming.  But Harry doesn't really 
KNOW, either, and I think it's strange that such a powerful wizard 
would take the word of a young boy who doesn't have a clue what this 
deeper sort of magic is, and can't even remember the incident in 
question.  Tom/Voldemort comes across as rather eager to accept the 
first plausible explanation that comes along, just to tidy up a 
loose end.  And he does this sort of thing elsewhere, too - 
forgetting about the phoenix tears, not realizing that the diary 
leaves him vulnerable to attack by Harry, rushing off and taking 
action on the basis of a half-heard prophecy.  He THINKS he's got 
everything covered and under control, but he doesn't.  So I don't 
think his own explanation of what happened to him at GH and 
immediately after is necessarily the final word on the subject.

Wanda