[HPforGrownups] Voldemort vs. Tom

[Amanda Shoffner]

No: HPFGUIDX 145844

Gerry:
"What we've seen of Tom Riddle is that even at eleven he was 
a little jerk who stole, killed pets and traumatized children 
younger than he himself. <snip> Young Tom was a thoroughly 
rotten human being and certainly not someone Harry could ever 
call a friend." 

BAW:
>True; but one young enough to change and heal.  Had Dumbledore 
>taken a more proactive mentoring approach to Tom, he might not 
>have turned to the Dark Side.


  Amanda:
  IMO, when Tom realized the kind of person after that first 
meeting DD was, I believe that he hid the LV side of him. He 
was making plans all throughout his years at Hogwarts and he 
realized after that first encounter at the orphanage with DD 
that DD would reprimand him for wrong doings, as again pointed 
out in CoS when Tom placed blame on Hagrid so as to not thwart 
his plans of becoming LV.
  ~Amanda