Mysteries to me; maybe not to you

[truthbeauty1]

No: HPFGUIDX 144669

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl at s...> wrote:
>
> Bart:
> Can anybody explain why Dumbledore was knocked backwards and out a 
> window by Snape's AK spell?

> Can anybody explain why a personal award given to Tom Riddle ended
up in 
> Filch's office?
 
> Can anybody explain why Snape sent out the alarm about the raid on the 
> Ministry?
> 
> Can anybody explain why Lord Voldemort must not be named? Or why they 
> just don't call him "Tommy"?

 Ok, there is not a really satisfying answer to number one, to my
knowledge. Some people actually use this as proof that Dumbledore was
not really hit by the AK, and is infact still alive. Personally, I
think there is a lot of inconsistancies in the way different cureses
effect different people. I think this may have to deal with emotion.
If Snape was, as I believe he was, very emotionally charged in the
moment he performed the curse, perhaps it had an effect on the force
of the curse. It could also be because Dumbledore was particularly
hard to kill? I just don't know. As to your second question, I am not
sure what you are refering to. When Ron was cleaning Tom Riddle's
award, he was in the trophy room being supervised by Filch. IF this is
not the instance you were thinking of, I am not sure? As to your 3ed
question, it depends on what you think of snape? If you think he is
still really good, then this would make perfect sense. If you think
that Snape is evil, then he could have been trying to save face, so to
speak, so that he could remain at Hogwarts. It would have been fishy
if Harry had come back and told the message of what he did to
Dumbledore. Snape would have had to pretended to not know what Harry
was speaking of, and he is normally a man who doesnt miss a beat.The
last question. Well most people do not in fact know that Voldemort
used to be Tom Riddle, but I know you were just kidding. I think
Rowling uses this as an example of how paralyzed with fear Voldemort
has made the wizarding world. It is also just a silly kind of
superstitious thing that these people have fallen into. I mean Fudge
was so scared of Voldemort, that he wouldnt even believe he was back,
at the great expense of the wizarding community. I hope that helped
you out some, and I am sure others will write with different answeres
and possibly better explanations.
 truthbeauty1