Marietta and Hermione (was JKR's Messages ) (was Re: Hermione In Trouble?)

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> Carol adds:
> One more point in support of Del. Harry refuses to explain, either 
to
> Cho alone or to the DA, how Cedric died. Granted, he might not have
> been believed if he had done so, but he doesn't even make the 
attempt.
> There's only the half-truth, stated by Harry and echoed by 
Dumbledore,
> that Voldemort murdered Cedric. Bodiless Vapormort, whom the DA
> members may or may not know was formerly inside Quirrell's head,
> murdered a TWT champion? The DA members don't know that Wormtail
> resurrected Voldemort, much less that Babymort ordered Wormtail to
> "kill the spare." It's surprising that *any* of the DA members 
other
> than the Gryffindors believe Harry. He's told them virtually 
nothing.
> 
> And it's no surprise at all that Marietta, whose mother works for 
the
> MoM, thinks he's inventing the story of Voldemort's return, 
perhaps to
> cover his own guilt in Cedric's death. He's provided no evidence
> whatever to support his claim. As Del indicates, the only available
> "information" was what the MoM provided via the Daily Prophet. 
Harry
> does not even provide his own explanation of events. And DD doesn't
> explain them, either. He merely asks for a salute to the murdered
> Cedric and another to Harry, who has miraculously escaped 
Voldemort.
> *How?* *What happened?* The students aren't told. And, to repeat,
> Harry adamantly refuses to clarify matters for the DADA members:
> 
> "Zacharias said dismissively, 'All Dumbledore told us last year was
> that Cedric Diggory got killed by You-Know-Who and that you brought
> Diggory's body back to Hogwarts. He didn't give us details, he 
didn't
> tell us exactly how Diggory got murdered, I think we'd all like to 
know--'
> 
> "'If you've come to hear exactly what it looks like when Voldemort
> murders someone I can't help you,' Harry said. His temper. . . was
> rising again. . . . "I don't want to talk about Cedric Diggory, all
> right? So if that's what you're here for, you might as well clear 
out"
> (OoP Am. ed. 341).
> 
> Harry has hardly strengthened his position with that reaction.
> Hermione rescues the situation by reminding the group that they're
> meeting to "learn some defense." Had she not spoken up, it's likely
> that Zacharias, Marietta, and others would have walked out at that
> moment. If Harry had told the full truth, they would have realized
> that he could not be making it up. Instead, he aroused their
> suspicions by being suspicious himself.
> 
> Carol, hoping for a civil response that does not label her views as
> "ridiculous" or "nonsense"


*******Only that you and Del forget about the Quibbler interview on 
Valentine's Day.  By then, Harry was able to talk about what 
happened when Voldemort came back.
Perhaps Jo's intent was to show us that Harry was not 'ready' yet to 
give explanations, and that if they wanted to believe him and DD, it 
was fine with him, but he also stated that those whom were not 
satisfied with DD's word were welcomed to leave the Hogs Head 
meeting. None left.
Just trying to put things into perspective here.  BTW, Marietta must 
have had a chance to read the Quibbler interview, since Cho knew 
about it, she was very proud of Harry's courage to 'open-up' in 
public. 

Marcela