Ginny/possession

hickengruendler hickengruendler at yahoo.de
Sun May 14 19:05:08 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 152231

 
> Carol:
 
> IMO, when she [Ginny] stole back the diary, it wasn't to write in 
it again, in
> which case she *would* be "signing up for murder," but to keep Harry
> from finding out what she had done. 

Hickengruendler:

I agree with you 100%, but there's one problem. She did write in it 
again. Tom mentioned how disappointed he was, when he recognized it 
was her, while he wanted to find out more about Harry. She didn't 
simply steal it, which is actually something I understand very much. 
Even ignoring the fact that Harry would learn her secrets through the 
diary, there is also the possibility that she might have feared that 
the diary would do to Harry, what it did to her. Therefore I can 
understand her actions here very much, (even if she didn't have the 
later reason I can). But what I cannot understand is, why she wrote 
in it again, instead of simply destroying the diary for good this 
time. IMO, even her youth doesn't explain this.

I do not really blame her for what happens. IMO only Tom and Lucius 
are to blame. But I find it impossible to understand her motivations, 
and I do not think, that the book necessary offers the explanation, 
that she was still possessed at this time. If she were, than surely 
her motivations to steal back the diary would be to committ further 
attacks (seeing that in this theory Tom has the control) and not to 
prevent Harry finding out her secrets. Also, Tom didn't want Ginny to 
get the diary back. He wanted to find out more about Harry and why he 
survived the GH's attack and therefore was pleased when the diary was 
in Harry's possession. Therefore he did not have any motive to make 
Ginny steal the diary.   







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