Maunderer's Map/ Does Lee Jordan Know?

[aceworker]

No: HPFGUIDX 154253

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Wolf Xavier <wolfxavier1975 at ...>
wrote:
>
> houyhnhnm102 <celizwh@> wrote:
> >> I had assumed the RoR was simply unplottable for magical 
> reasons, but the fact that Lupin could not see inside Hagrid's 
> hut has been nagging at the back of my mind. I hadn't really 
> looked at the missing spaces altogether before. <snip>
> 
> Why doesn't the Shrieking Shack show up on the Map though? <snip> <<
> 
> Allie:
> >> The Shrieking Shack isn't on the Hogwarts grounds. <snip> <<
> 
> 
> Wolf:
> Do we really know how much of the grounds is covered by the Map?  
> I'm not saying it does or does not cover the grounds, or to what 
> degree.  It may be that Hagrid's little hut, on the edge of the 
> Forbidden Forest, may not be within the Map's area of coverage.  
> 
>          
> houyhnhnm:
> >> What I was wondering is *why* doesn't the Map show places that
> are not on the Hogwarts grounds. <snip>
> 
> It would appear that extending the Map to include territory outside 
> of Hogwarts was something they were unable to do. Why? Was it because
> their knowledge of magic was simply not advanced enough? <snip> <<
> 
> 
> Wolf:
> I think the BIGGEST problem in figuring out of the Map works is that, 
> I suspect, JKR only thought it out so far, and the Map, really, is a 
> plot device only.  It does what JKR needs it to do and nothing else. 
> That is not to say that she just makes stuff up as she goes, but the 
> Map serves the need to allow for things to happen that would be tough 
> to justify otherwise.  Powerful enough to help Harry get about or spot 
> Pettigrew, and keep the story moving, but not SO powerful as to give 
> the heroes TOO MUCH info and kill the story from another direction.  
> It is fun to deduce how it works, it really is, but I suspect that we 
> will never get an explanation so it will remain a contradictory device
> that defies any greater detailed explanation than "it's magic".
>

There was an interesting question on one of the forums on Harry Potter
fanfiction related to the map and the question is simply: Does Lee
Jordan know? Somoone pointed out that apparently Ron didn't know about
the map. So if Ron doesn't know would Lee? He had been part of at
least some of their pranks and execursions. 

DA Jones