Voldemort vs. Tom

[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 145916

> 
> ... True, the orphanage was not the best of
> environments, but the rest of the kids managed to have their values
> straight. What on earth should DD have done? Explain to him the
> difference between good and evil? Don't you think he already knew 
> that even before he came to Hogwarts?
> 
> 
> Gerry
>
La Gatta Lucianese:

As I mentioned in a post somewhile back, it is coming to be a more or 
less accepted theory that psychopathic personalities are born, not 
made. Nurture may determine the way psychopathy expresses itself 
(does the child turn into a serial killer or the corporate boss from 
hell?), but the personality itself seems to be inborn, and can appear 
fully formed in very young children. See Dr. Robert Hare on the 
subject.

I think both the orphanage and Hogwarts could have been as nurturing 
as all getout, and Tom Riddle would still have turned out the way he 
did. He was already a proper little creep when Dumbledore first 
encountered him.