Re: CHAPDISC: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 17, Bathilda’s Secret

nirupama76 nirupama76 at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 14 03:14:46 UTC 2008


No: HPFGUIDX 182511


> > Niru writes:
> > 
> > As I said in the previous answer, I think James and Lily should 
> > probably have been armed at all times. It may not have done much 
> > good, but placing a little less faith the the Fidelius may have 
> > helped. I can't remember having any reaction to the picture of 
<SNIP>
 
> 
> Potioncat:
> Is there any canon about why the Potters were placed in hiding? 
What 
> I mean is, why did James and Lily go into hiding? As I understand 
DD, 
> he didn't tell them about the prophecy. And Lily begged LV to kill 
> her, not Harry. It doesn't sound as if she knows Harry is the 
Chosen 
> One. So I think the Potters thought they had been targetted by LV 
and 
> went into hiding. Had they known that Harry was the target, I 
think 
> they might have done things differently.

Niru writes:

You are right. There is no canon proof that James and Lily knew the 
prophecy. It may be inferred from canon that they went into hiding 
because Dumbledore asked them to go into hiding. However, it is 
anybody's guess whether Dumbledore told them about the prophecy. 
Knowing his penchant for keeping secrets, he probably didn't tell 
them. My guess would be that he told them they were in danger (and 
whether Harry was included in the "they" is once again anybody's 
guess) and needed to keep be kept out of sight and very, very safe. 
James and Lily would probably never had asked Dumbledore for 
clarification. If he told them, then that was that (again we have no 
concrete proof of this... just conjecture).

- Niru





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