Explain This Passage

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 180561

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rlevatter" <rlevatter at ...> wrote:

> Explaining the prophesy to Harry, noting that it could have 
> referred to either him or Neville, what is Dumbledore saying 
> here? I now paraphrase the passage without using "blood" terms:
> 
> "And note, Harry, that Voldemort, with only one Muggle parent,
> chose not to go after Neville, with two magical parents and a
> long lineage of magic, despite his professed belief that those
> are the only wizards of value. Instead he went after you, whom
> he saw as just like him, even though you have two magical parents
> like Neville while he had only one."
> 
> My point has less to do with bloodline definitions and more
> with trying to understand the logic of what Dumbledore was
> trying to tell Harry, or what Voldemort's thinking was. When
> I rephrase it as I did above, is Voldemort's logic clear to
> you? 


zanooda:

Yes, to me his logic is clear :-). Neville is pureblood, without any 
Muggle blood in his veins. Both LV and Harry have Muggle blood in them -
 LV a little more than Harry. BTW, I'm not sure that LV "chose" Harry 
as the prophecy boy over Neville, he surely intended to kill baby 
Neville as well, just to be sure.