Slughorn, Hagrid, Binns (Ghosts), Myrtle and Prince

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 153576

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, JULIA WILKES <jdwilkes45 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Hagrid <aussie_lol at ...> wrote:
>  
> > Now that DD is not a source of personal information about Tom 
Riddle 
> > as a student, who is there that Harry can find any information 
from?
> 
> > If Harry is to find any clues from that time of LV's life, who 
are his 
> > resources?
> 
> 
> Julia:
> 
> Even though DD is "dead", he will still be able to talk to him. 
>   Remember he was head master and his picture now hangs in the 
head masters office. Remember in HBP they mention towards the end of 
the book  that Harry looks at the wall to see a now sleeping DD. 
Once he wakes up he'll be able to converse and get the rest of the 
information that is needed for Harry to find the Horcruxes. This is 
how DD communicated with the other Head Masters when he was worried 
over Harry.
>
aussie:
Don't you just hate it when kids take your HP book. They seem to 
think it's a children's book or something.

Anyway, I think near the end of OOTP after Harry looses his 
godfather, he asks about pictures or photos and is told that even 
paintings only hold part of the essence of someone from that time. A 
bit of personality rather than their logical thought processes. The 
painting of DD may offer little more than the encouragement he'd 
always offered without specific directions - like the way he had 
Harry go to Slughorn for the memory without saying too much of WHY 
Harry had to do it or how.