Another mysterious message

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 165891

"justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> I think Harry's reaction to the name 
> is part of the spell that's designed
> to draw the reader in to interact with
> Memory!Tom by writing in the diary. 

But it wasn't just any friendly feeling, Harry felt it had to do with
something that happened to him when he was very young, that can't just
be coincidence. Besides if your theory were true it's hard to
understand why JKR would bother to include it at all, as it would not
advance the plot or character development one bit. I think JKR felt
that to play fair she must drop a few hints and foreshadow a
connection between something that happened near the beginning of his
life and at the very end when Harry became the man who died. 

Eggplant