[HPforGrownups] Question 2 - OOTP AK

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 132333


Wednesday, July 6, 2005, 2:18:50 AM, esmith222002 wrote:

e> If this IS the weapon, then why did LV so casually attempt to AK Harry, 
e> the minute he bumped into him in the Dept of Mysteries? He also did the 
e> same thing at the end of GOF.

I too have been bothered by this, and my own theory I've adopted is
that Dumbledore is wrongly assuming that Voldemort is seeking what is
actually *in* the Prophecy.  But I surmise that Voldemort wants it so
badly because he's hoping for information that isn't in the Prophecy
at all -- Goodies like how he can become immortal, how he can become
Supreme Dictator of the World, etc.  All this has (in his own twisted,
arrogant mind) nothing to do with Harry -- He obviously still thinks
killing Harry is just a matter of zapping him, especially now that
Lily's protection (so he thinks) flows in his veins.

(As Jane Austen writes, "Angry people are not always wise.")

-- 
Dave