Concealment - a MAJOR Motif of the series

[rduran1216]

No: HPFGUIDX 165178

Concealment of all sorts of kinds has been an absolute constant in 
this series.

In SS, DD "hides" Harry at his aunt and uncle's for protection.  The 
plot revolves around the SS and its protection.  Voldemort hides 
himself in Quirell.  DD hides the info about the prophecy in the 
epiloge of the book.

In CoS, the heir of slytherin's identity is hidden by DD, who 
obviously knows, and allows Harry to discover it for himself.  It is 
the first Horcrux, where the "memory" of Tom Riddle is hidden.  Ginny 
Weasley's involvement in the who thing is hidden until the end...etc.

In PoA, we discover that Pettigrew has been in hiding for 13 years 
following his incident with Sirius.  We find out that the info of 
Lupin being a Werewolf is hidden from the public, we find out that DD 
takes a hand in hiding Sirius from thenceforth.

In GoF, the entire plot revolves around barty Crouch Jr. who had been 
hidden for a long time.  The identity of the one messing with the 
tournament is hidden.  With DD's "glimmer of triumph" we are led to 
believe that he is hiding information from Harry.  He asks Snape to 
go into stealth to Spy on Voldemort.

In OotP, DD remains hidden from nearly the entire story.  Sirius is 
kept in hiding, the grimmauld place thing shows the role of 
concealment.  The mirror is introduced, the spell DD uses in the duel 
with Voldemort is currently hidden to us.  Severus is hidden from the 
big battle.

In HBP, RAB emerges as a possible hidden person, thought to have been 
dead who is still alive.  DD disappears for weeks at a time to an 
undisclosed location.  The truth about the potion, why DD sent them 
after a "fake" locket, and what role Aberforth has in all this is 
hidden.

In the NAQ section, Rowling says that the question she was never 
asked was why DD had possession of James Potter's invisibility 
cloak?  Could James have been involved in some kind of stealthy 
career that has not been described?  Could part of his assignment 
have been hiding Regulus Black?  How many of these hidden "events" 
will be explained?  how many Horcuxes are still hidden?

Its worth considering

rduran1216