Tom, Sev and Harry (was Re: CHAPDISC: DH4, The Seven Potters

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 177652

 
> KathyK:  
> 
> Ooh, ooh, there was this one from CoS:
> 
> "And while Harry was sure he had never heard the name T.M. Riddle
> before, it still seemed to mean something to him, almost as though
> Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was very small, and had
> half-forgotten."  (Ch. 13, The Very Secret Diary, Scholastic pbk p.
> 233-234)

Potioncat:
Yes, the bottle of Felix goes to KathyK!

Harry's memory as if he were thinking of a younger brother, seems to 
be his way of realizing how much he has changed. He is not the same 
person.

But it is so close to the way he felt about the name TM Riddle in the 
diary. I wonder if this is just a case of JKR accidentally re-using a 
phrase, or if this is another of several comparisons she makes 
between Harry and Tom? 

I thought there was something similar about the HBP's text book, but 
this is the closest I can find.

HBP chpt 24 (some snipping)

"He felt stunned; it was as though a beloved pet had turned suddenly 
savage; what had the Prince been thinking to copy such a spell into 
his book?...Would he [Snape] confiscate or destroy the book that had 
taught Harry so much...the book that become a kind of guide and 
friend? Harry could not let it happen."

To tie it together, sort of, we have Harry looking at BookTom and 
BookPrince as friends, and looking at his younger self as a brother. 
These are the three lost boys: Harry, Severus and Tom.

It seems to be another bit that goes full circle in these first few 
chapters of DH.