[HPforGrownups] Re: "Go get your invisibility cloak"
BrwNeil at aol.com
BrwNeil at aol.com
Mon Apr 24 10:56:51 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 151365
In a message dated 4/23/2006 9:55:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
kernsac at earthlink.net writes:
But my point is that he apparently really did have it with him.
When he went back to the dorm, he just got out the potion and the map and
talked to Ron and Hermione. So did Dumbledore think he didn't have the
cloak? Or was Dumbledore giving him an excuse to go give the map and potion
to Ron and Hermione? Or was Dumbledore doing something else while Harry was
going back to supposedly get the cloak? If he'd actually gotten the cloak
when he went back, I wouldn't wonder about it. But the book specifically
describes what he got and what he did. So I wonder if there's something
more going on.
Peggy
Interesting, I missed that. I agree that on a careful read it sounds like
Harry just used the cloak as an excuse to go back to the dorm.
Harry could have said that he had it, so I don't think Dumbledore was
looking for time. Besides, Dumbledore could have waited longer before calling
Harry if he had something he wanted to do. No, I think it was totally Harry and
that he wanted to give the others the potion.
I'm glad you pointed this out because it causes me to give more credit to
JKR. I thought she had just had him forget it to make it easier for herself as
a writer. Actually this show that as usual, she thought it out well.
Neil
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