Tom Riddle's Birth (Re: JKR Chat "The Crucial ...")

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 92402

JKR said:

> "I don't believe anybody was born evil, you will find out more about 
> the circumstances of his birth in the next book"

I find the discussion quite fascinating; I do wish to point out that "the circumstances of his 
birth" may not mean the actual labor and delivery! "The circumstances of [one's] birth" is a 
turn of phrase often used to describe someone's background or upbringing.

However, Ms. Rowling certainly has been seeing childbirth up-close and personal recently, 
so it may indeed be the actual ACT of birth and not birth-as-upbringing that she has in 
mind....

Antosha, who loves the view from the fence....