[HPforGrownups] Re: Rereading SS/PS question(s) / Harry's protections

[Peggy Wilkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 154094

On 6/20/06, Steve <bboyminn at yahoo.com> wrote:

Steve/bboyminn:
> It's not so much that no one can find Harry at Privet Drive,
> but that no one can harm him there. Mr. Weasley, Ron and the
> Twins mean Harry no harm, and are therefore able to enter
> Privet Drive. The Order guards who take Harry to Grimmauld
> Place mean Harry no harm, so they are able to come and get
> Harry. Voldemort clearly knows where Harry is, but admits he
> can't 'touch' Harry there, and further acknowledges that
> Dumbledore's protections are extremely powerful.
>
> So, the question isn't whether Voldemort or the DE's can find
> Harry, the question is whether they can harm him while he is
> under the protection of blood that Dumbledore placed on Privet
> Drive, and apparently they can not.
>
> It is conceivable that DE's and Voldemort could actually come
> to Privet Drive, they may even be able to enter the house, but
> the minute they try to harm Harry, the protection kicks in
> and kicks bum.

Peggy W:
How does the dementor attack at the start of OOTP figure into this?  I
presume that if Harry hadn't defended himself, he would have been
harmed even as he was residing with his relatives.  Does that
protection apply only when he is actually inside the house?  If that's
the case, why is he ever allowed to leave, whether it's to go outdoors
or take a trip to the zoo for Dudley's birthday?

IIRC Harry wasn't allowed to leave the house at Privet Drive one
summer, but I can't recall exactly what the circumstances were.  Am I
remembering this correctly?

I find the whole issue of Dumbledore's extended blood protection
confusing.  Dumbledore says he put his trust in the bond of blood, but
beyond that it's never explained, just talked about indirectly.

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Peggy Wilkins
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